In Depth: DeepSeek Integration Gives China’s Health Care Stocks Shot In the Arm

Chinese health care providers are racing to incorporate DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence (AI) models into their businesses, amid a broader adoption of medical AI technology that has sparked a rally in related stocks.

But beyond being a boon for stock prices, DeepSeek’s globally recognized AI models could mark a paradigm shift for a niche struggling to stay in the black after falling out of favor with investors post-pandemic: by releasing its models open source, DeepSeek has provided medical AI developers from startups to tech giants with free access to code to potentially develop cutting-edge technologies.