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DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup founded in 2023, has recently surpassed OpenAI's ChatGPT as the most downloaded free app in the U.S. on Apple’s App Store. The company gained recognition with its advanced AI models, particularly the R1 reasoning model, which rivals OpenAI’s technology. Despite challenges like cybersecurity threats and regulatory scrutiny, DeepSeek has managed to achieve success due to its innovative approach and relatively low development costs, growing out of the AI research unit of High-Flyer, a quantitative hedge fund.