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Inside China’s Buzzing AI Scene Year After DeepSeek Shock

DeepSeek's open AI model release in 2025 triggered a surge in funding, hiring, and IPOs, with over 500 million users adopting generative AI by mid-2025, amid US tech rivalry concerns.

The January 2025 release of a low-cost generative AI model from DeepSeek that performed at a similar level to ChatGPT and other top American chatbots upended assumptions of US dominance in the sensitive sector.

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Beijing, China - Before DeepSeek shook the technological world and unveiled China's artificial intelligence (IA), Wu Chenglin's emerging company was about to close down three times.But in the past year it raised unexpected funds.The launch of DeepSeek's low-cost generational AI model, in January 2025, with a performance similar to ChatGPT and other US chatbots, made assumptions about US hegemony in the sector falter.With this, it galvanized the …

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Beijing, China. Before DeepSeek shook the technological world and made China’s artificial intelligence known, Wu Chenglin’s emerging company was about to close three times. But in the past year it raised unexpected funds. DeepSeek’s low-cost generational AI model, launched in January 2025, with a performance similar to ChatGPT and other US chatbots, shook assumptions about US hegemony in the sector. By doing so, it galvanized the Chinese AI desp…

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