DeepSeek has ended Silicon Valley's AI monopoly

Dominance will be determined by how effectively nations deploy and scale AI solutions

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The logo of DeepSeek is displayed alongside its AI assistant app on a mobile phone, in this illustration picture taken on Jan. 28, 2025.  © Reuters

Vivian Toh is the chief editor of techtechchina, a Chinese tech news startup.

For years, Silicon Valley has operated under a single assumption: that artificial intelligence is the domain of the deep-pocketed, requiring billions in computing infrastructure and an iron grip on semiconductor supply chains.

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