After a market-wide panic over AI start-up DeepSeek, CNBC’s Jim Cramer reflected on what the new player’s entrance into the arena means for Big Tech.

Chinese startup DeepSeek has achieved what many (including experts) thought impossible: create a foundational, competitive AI model for just $5.6 million. By comparison, OpenAI’s unreleased GPT-5 (codenamed “Orion”) reportedly requires $500 million for six months of training.

Nvidia spoke positively about DeepSeek’s latest AI model, R1, saying it represented “excellent AI advancement.”