DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng plans early adaptation to Huawei AI chips

DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng plans to reduce dependence on Nvidia by deploying 160,000 Huawei Ascend AI chips for training models with up to 8 trillion parameters. This strategic shift to domestic hardware addresses US export controls and aims to build a scalable infrastructure in Inner Mongolia to match frontier AI performance.