DeepSeek was founded by a hedge fund entrepreneur named Liang Wenfeng, who pulled together his former employees and dozens of Ph.D. graduates from Chinese universities to try and build human-level AI

Sam Altman responds to DeepSeek R1, revealing OpenAI's plans for superior AI models and a bold vision for artificial superintelligence.

Sam Altman just got hit from two sides at once. The OpenAI CEO, who also chairs the nuclear startup Oklo Inc., saw his lesser-known company take a nosedive on Jan. 27 and 28, losing 26% of its value.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday called Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's R1 an "impressive model" and pledged his company would "deliver much better models" in the future. Why it matters: DeepSeek's announcement that its new model that's cheaper than U.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Chinese startup DeepSeek's R1 AI model "impressive" on Monday, but emphasized that OpenAI believes greater computing power was key to their own success.

DeepSeek appears to be twisting the knife. U.S.-based AI stocks took a tumble on Monday following the release of the China-based DeepSeek AI chatbot. The new product from the Chinese tech startup offers a more affordable large language model (LLM),

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman welcomed the debut of DeepSeek’s R1 model in a post on X late on Monday.