DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough challenges Big Tech with a cheaper, efficient model. This may be bad for the incumbents, but good for everybody else.

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

Leaders of major U.S. tech companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) are brushing off a popular new model from Chinese startup DeepSeek, despite fears it could upend the

Chinese startup DeepSeek's cheaper AI is sharpening investor scrutiny of the billions U.S. tech giants are pouring to develop the technology and analysts say it will dominate this week's much-awaited results from industry bellwethers.

Approximately $1 trillion is set to be spent globally on AI development in the coming years, according to estimates by Goldman Sachs. But DeepSeek developed its AI model for $6 million, according to Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives .