“Models like DeepSeek, Alibaba, Tencent, MiniMax, and BaiduErnie bot are world class, developed here and shared openly [and] have spurred AI developments worldwide,” Huang said. He was speaking Wednesday at the opening ceremony of a supply chain expo in Beijing. He is scheduled to hold a press conference later in the day. “More than 1.5 million developers in China build on Nvidia today to bring their innovations to life,” he said.
China-developed DeepSeek shocked global investors in January with an AI model that undercut OpenAI on development and operating costs. It’s not clear how DeepSeek managed to develop the model under broad U.S. chip restrictions on China.
