DeepSeek develops a custom AI inference chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia, according to Reuters. Chinese AI company DeepSeek has been independently developing AI inference chips for about a year, and it is currently recruiting chip design engineers for this chip project. The company aims to reduce its dependence on Nvidia and Huawei chips while gaining better control of high value-for-money hardware. However, the project is still in its early stages and faces restrictions from U.S. export controls on manufacturing and memory access.