Discover DeepSeek AI

The Chinese ship is now in the ocean of AI named DeepSeek, an open-source large language model (LLM) in short, AI-powered Chatbot. Within two weeks of its release, it is on the top charts of the Artificial intelligence world, by containing an average of more than 22 million daily active users, which is more than the Chatgpt DAU growth. The company has wiped out $1 trillion from the market cap by creating a buzz, resulting in a global tech selloff. Let’s explore what the buzz is all about.

What is DeepSeek?

DeepSeek is a rapidly emerging Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up that has received rapid publicity for developing advanced AI models at lower costs than competitors. It was founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, an engineer-turned-entrepreneur with an experienced background in AI and quantitative finance. DeepSeek has assembled a team of recent graduates from China's best universities to drive its innovations. 

The flagship model of the company is called DeepSeek-R1, which has been designed extensively to replicate human thinking through reasoning before answering prompts. This places the model independently from other models and makes it a strong contender for the largest technologies, such as OpenAI's GPT-4. DeepSeek has mentioned that its model outperforms rival models in mathematical tasks, general knowledge, and question-and-answer performance. The model, meanwhile, takes a place among the best-tested models on the UC Berkeley-affiliated leaderboard Chatbot Arena.

According to the company, R1 was created for about $6 million, while OpenAI spent $100 million on training its GPT-4 in March of 2023. Additionally, DeepSeek utilized about one-tenth of the computing power required for Meta's comparable model, LLaMA 3.1. 

DeepSeek has also created its AI assistant consumer application, which is already doing well, surpassing ChatGPT to become the number one free app on the Apple App Store in the United States. Like other AI models in China, DeepSeek is very self-censoring on sensitive topics within China. The AI does not answer questions regarding occurrences, such as the 1989 Tiananmen Square events, nor does it address any hypothetical Chinese invasion of Taiwan; more to the point, it refuses to comment on Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Models and History

DeepSeek journey is filled with groundbreaking releases and innovations that have kept the tech world buzzing. It's not big, though yet successful. Let's take a stroll down memory lane and revisit some of the most iconic moments in DeepSeek's evolution. 

DeepSeek Coder (November 2, 2023): This is the company’s first AI model designed especially for coders.DeepSeek Coder was designed to be the perfect coding partner and comes in two modes: Base (pretrained) and Instruct (instruction-finetuned). Its architecture was similar to Llama, with a focus on providing efficient and precise code generation.

DeepSeek-LLM (November 2023): Shortly after, DeepSeek followed with the Large Language Model series in the Base and Chat variant, adding yet more natural language processing capability.

DeepSeek-MoE (January 2024): The expert’s Mixture architecture is used in this model. Hence, it improves efficiency and performance by dynamically selecting specialized subnetworks during processing.

DeepSeek-Math (April 2024): This one, designed for mathematical problem-solving, demonstrates DeepSeek's versatility to accommodate domain-specific tasks.

DeepSeek V2 (May 2024): This was the version embedding the Multi-head Latent Attention (MLA) and a more sophisticated variant of the Mixture of Experts design to improve performance and efficiency.

DeepSeek V3 (December 2024): Following the trend established by its predecessors, V3 focused on refining the architecture to further improve serious language understanding and construction. 

DeepSeek R1 (January 2025): The latest release, R1, represents the culmination of DeepSeek’s research and development efforts, offering cutting-edge AI capabilities.

Reports suggest that DeepSeek may have used AI distillation techniques, training its models using output from existing AI systems such as OpenAI's ChatGPT. This approach, while innovative, raises questions about intellectual property and the ethics of AI model development.

Comparing the AI Models

DeepSeek Availability and Pricing

One of DeepSeek’s main advantages is its affordable pricing structure compared to big AI providers like OpenAI.

Availability:

• Currently available via API & web interface for developers and businesses.
• Supports cloud-based AI deployment for enterprises.
• Limited free-tier access for users to try its capabilities.

Pricing Plan:

DeepSeek follows a tier-based pricing model, including:

1. Free Plan – Limited access with a daily usage cap.
2. Pro Plan – Affordable monthly subscription for advanced users ($0.07).
3. Enterprise Plan – Custom pricing for large-scale AI deployment. 

Compared to GPT-4, which costs around $20/month, DeepSeek’s pro plan offers competitive pricing while maintaining high performance.m

Note: For a comprehensive understanding of DeepSeek's models and detailed pricing, you can refer to their official API documentation.

Final Words

DeepSeek AI is definitely shaping the future and giving a tough competition to its giant rivals like Chatgpt, Gemini, Bing AI, and Many others. There is no doubt that it is much cheaper than the widely used ChatGPT platform, but we still have some security concerns about it as some global countries have banned its use in government offices, including Italy, Taiwan, and Australia. Since artificial intelligence is advancing at a skyrocketing pace, whether you are a developer, writer, student, or business owner, DeepSeek is one AI worth exploring!