Sources: DeepSeek is in the early stages of developing its own AI chip designed for inference, in a bid to reduce its reliance on Nvidia and Huawei hardware (Reuters)

<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-deepseek-developing-its-own-ai-chip-sources-say-2026-07-07/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260707/i10.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260707/p10#a260707p10" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-deepseek-developing-its-own-ai-chip-sources-say-2026-07-07/">Sources: DeepSeek is in the early stages of developing its own AI chip designed for inference, in a bid to reduce its reliance on Nvidia and Huawei hardware</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Chinese startup DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, according to three people familiar with the matter, a push that could reduce &hellip; </p>