Chinese AI startup DeepSeek overtakes ChatGPT on Apple App Store

The artificial intelligence (AI) Assistant of DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, has overtaken rival ChatGPT, becoming the top-rated free application available on Apple’s App Store in the US.

According to app data research firm Sensor Tower, the artificial intelligence application, powered by the DeepSeek-V3 model, has grown in popularity among the US users since it was released on January 10.

The artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has surprised the world tech industry unveiling its R1 model, whish is the state-of-the-art AI system built on a modest $5.6 million budget.

The development has sparked debates in Silicon Valley if the resource-rich US firms can maintain their edge.

Founded by billionaire hedge fund manager Liang Wenfeng, DeepSeek has released detailed technical insights about R1.

The model boasts 671 billion parameters. It has been developed by using just 2,048 Nvidia H800 GPUs, showcasing ingenuity in resource allocation.

US companies like Google DeepMind and OpenAI pioneered reasoning AI models, but their methods remain proprietary.

DeepSeek’s open publication of its techniques, in contrast, has positioned the firm as a disruptor as the industry insiders describing it as operating like the early days of DeepMind.