China's DeepSeek overtook ChatGPT on the US App Store; Know about it

China's AI startup DeepSeek has become the highest-rated free app on Apple's App Store in the US, overtaking OpenAI's ChatGPT just two weeks after its release on Monday, January 27. DeepSeek has been developed by a startup based in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. This startup is known for its unique innovation.

According to app data research firm Sensor Tower, the DeepSeek-V3 powered AI assistant model has gained a lot of popularity since its release on January 10. DeepSeek developers claim that the DeepSeek-V3 model performs better than many open-source models.

It competes with some of the highest closed-source models in the world. Because of its popularity, this chatbot has been able to outrank ChatGPT on the Apple App Store in the US.

The Chinese AI startup is trying to strengthen its hold in the world of AI globally. It is considered a big achievement in the artificially intelligent race. Against this backdrop, it wants to give a challenge to the US in the field of AI. Chips manufactured in the US were not allowed to reach China by previous President Joe Biden. But even after this, in the year 2021, this startup was started.

The success of DeepSeek shows that China is trying to strengthen its hold in the world of AI. Researchers of DeepSeek have told news agency Reuters that DeepSeek-V3 has been trained on Nvidia's H800 chips and the cost of this training is less than $6 million.

DeepSeek, founded in Hangzhou in 2023, is one of several Chinese tech firms to release AI models, but it is the first to make a mark in the US. Despite its sudden growth, little is known about the company.

There are already several chatbots in the market. The most popular is ChatGPT, which it has overtaken on the App Store in the US. It is also competing with Microsoft Copilot.