What Happened
China's AI Upstart Challenges US Industry Leaders
China’s AI startup DeepSeek has unveiled a new model, V4, which promises to rival industry leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. The model boasts improved reasoning and agentic abilities, and is open source, unlike most US alternatives. DeepSeek has partnered with Huawei to support the model’s computing needs with domestic chips. The move may have significant implications for the global AI industry, and was first reported by CNN.