For Those Who Seek Deeper: The Rise of DeepSeek

How?

“It’s just a side project. I call it DeepSeek.”

That’s how it began—what was supposed to be a small experiment to keep idle GPUs busy has turned into a global shake-up. DeepSeek didn’t just dethrone ChatGPT; it redefined the AI game.

The AI race between the U.S. and China isn’t new. Back in 2021, the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center predicted that if trends held, China could surpass the U.S. in AI leadership by the end of the decade. DeepSeek feels like a glimpse of that future, arriving ahead of schedule.