DeepSeek’s disruption signals that the U.S. needs more competition, not Big Tech dominance, to be the world's AI leader

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek rattled the U.S. technology sector after the company recently unveiled an AI model that is competitive with leading U.S. models b

A slew of stocks, including chip maker Nvidia, fell Monday after Chinese startup DeepSeek released an AI model that runs on less-advanced chips and at a lower cost than U.S. rivals.

With a model that offers comparable performance at seemingly a fraction of the cost, the DeepSeek chatbot is causing a reckoning over American dominance in the tech industry. The U.S. has imposed sanctions on advanced chip sales to slow down progress in AI elsewhere.