January 27, 2025 - Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has caused a ripple in the AI landscape. DeepSeek's LLM (Large language models) is designed to operate efficiently using less powerful hardware , that could pose a threat reducing demand to companies producing high-performance computing hardware like Nvidia ( NASDAQ:NVDA ).

DeepSeek's CEO Liang Wenfeng, in a recent interview, commented regarding DeepSeek's recent advancement that DeepSeek's capabilities are replicable but certainly takes time and substantial cost. Secrets don't exist, but replication takes time and cost said Wenfeng . DeepSeek is known to not partnering with other companies, it is on its own advancing its AI technology independently. While Jensen Huang, Nvidia's CEO, hasn't spoken about this.

This article first appeared on GuruFocus .