Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale. It’s one of the ways we keep the lights on here. Click here for more.DeepSeek, a Chinese startup that seemingly came out of nowhere, just dropped an AI model that’s making Silicon Valley sweat bullets. And when I say sweat bullets, I mean Nvidia’s stock literally tanked 17% in a single day, wiping out $600 billion faster than you can say “artificial intelligence.” Here’s the deal: DeepSeek built something that matches (and sometimes beats) ChatGPT’s performance, but here’s the kicker – they did it with way less cash and computing power. We’re talking $5.5 million vs OpenAI’s $100+ million to train their models. That’s like showing up to a Formula 1 race with a souped-up Honda Civic and smoking everyone. What is DeepSeek, exactly? Quick Answer: DeepSeek is a Chinese company building AI systems that can process and understand human language, similar to OpenAI, Google, and Micorosoft. Great, another large language model company. Big whoop. What’s the big fuss? Well, the company developed an AI system that can write code, solve math problems, help with homework, and basically handle any text-based task you throw at it – but with a twist. Image: KnowTechie .stk-42bfcab .stk-block-heading__bottom-line{background-color:var(–stk-global-color-56583, #911d9c) !important;}.stk-42bfcab {background-color:#0000000d !important;border-top-left-radius:15px !important;border-top-right-radius:15px !important;border-bottom-right-radius:15px !important;border-bottom-left-radius:15px !important;overflow:hidden !important;box-shadow:0 0 0 1px #7878781a !important;border-style:solid !important;}.stk-42bfcab:before{background-color:#0000000d !important;}.stk-42bfcab .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:17px !important;}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px){.stk-42bfcab .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:17px !important;}}Quick Facts Origin DeepSeek is a Chinese AI startup based in Hangzhou,…What is DeepSeek?