What it is
DeepSeek is a Chinese AI company operated by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd. According to its site, the company focuses on research into leading foundation models and technologies for general artificial intelligence. For everyday users there is a web chat assistant and a mobile app; for developers there is an API platform for building DeepSeek models into their own applications. Its models are released as open source, so developers can download and deploy them themselves.
Who it's for:people looking for everyday Q&A, writing and reasoning help, and developers who want to call the API or self-host open models.
Before you start: see the official site and documentation for the chat assistant's terms and current API pricing.
Based on the official site's public information. Not tested by AI Inspiration World.