The Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s latest large language model has been described as a ‘Sputnik moment’ for the American tech industry

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Chinese startup DeepSeek's technology should act as spur for American companies and said it was good that companies in China have come up with a cheaper,

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek rocked the U.S. tech sector by releasing an AI model that appeared to rival those built by leading AI labs—at a fraction of the price.

Donald Trump says news of Chinese AI system DeepSeek should be seen as a positive. The U.S. president said it should just spur American tech firms to do better.

President Donald Trump said Jan. 27 that DeepSeek’s release “should be a wake-up call for our industries that we need to be laser focused on competing to win.”