Silicon Valley Is Raving About a Made-in-China AI Model

SINGAPORE—A Chinese artificial-intelligence company has Silicon Valley marveling at how its programmers nearly matched American rivals despite using inferior chips. AI models from DeepSeek, the Chinese company, have zoomed to the global top 10 in performance, according to a popular ranking, suggesting Washington’s export curbs are having difficulty blocking rapid advances in China. “Deepseek R1 is one of the most amazing and impressive breakthroughs I’ve ever seen,” said Marc Andreessen, the Silicon Valley venture capitalist who has been advising President Trump, in an X post on Friday.