BEIJING-- The high-performance, low-priced synthetic intelligence design released recently by Chinese startup DeepSeek has actually produced a wave of attention around the world. DeepSeek-R1 appears to use efficiency that competitors options from the U.S., pl.velo.wiki however the business says it was established at less than a tenth of the cost of those models. Chinese innovation news portal 36Kr spoke with the founder, Liang Wenfeng, in July 2024.