DeepSeek’s advances have sparked a nationwide push in China to deploy its large language models everywhere from hospitals to local governments as Beijing seeks to consolidate its gains in generative artificial intelligence.
Since the Hangzhou-based start-up shook global markets with its R1 model in late January there has been lightning adoption of its technology in its home country, with companies and state bodies throwing their weight behind the new national AI champion.
All the major cloud service providers, at least six car manufacturers, several local governments, a number of hospitals and a handful of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have moved to deploy DeepSeek, with the shift among traditionally conservative institutions particularly striking.