Chinese AI Chatbot DeepSeek Overtakes ChatGPT On Apple's App Store: Here's Everything You Need To Know | GFX

Chinese firm DeepSeek's artificial intelligence chatbot has soared to the top of the Apple Store's download charts, stunning industry insiders and analysts with its ability to match its US competitors.(Photo: News18)

DeepSeek was developed by a start-up based in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, known for its high density of tech firms. (Photo: News18)

Powered by the DeepSeek-V3 model, which its creators say "tops the leaderboard among open-source models and rivals the most advanced closed-source models globally", the artificial intelligence application has surged in popularity among U.S. users since it was released on Jan. 10, according to app data research firm Sensor Tower. (Photo: News18)

DeepSeek researchers wrote in a paper last month that the DeepSeek-V3 used Nvidia's H800 chips for training, spending less than $6 million. (Photo: News18)

Little is known about the company behind DeepSeek, a small Hangzhou-based startup founded in 2023, when search engine giant Baidu released the first Chinese AI large-language model. (Photo: News18)

The startup earlier in the day was also hit by outages on its website after its AI assistant became the top-rated free application available on Apple's App Store in the United States. (Photo: News18)