While companies like DeepSeek may find success in certain market segments, they face an uphill battle against this massive capital advantage. In other words, claims that demand for Nvidia's premium chips will collapse simply don't align with market realities and the trajectory of AI development.

Short sellers of artificial intelligence-related stocks raked in bumper profits after the smashing debut of low-cost AI models from China's DeepSeek spooked Wall Street, with bets against Nvidia yielding record profits totaling more than $6 billion.

Shares of semiconductor makers were dropping early Monday as a Chinese AI model triggered questions over their lofty valuations.

DeepSeek released an open-source artificial intelligence model in December, saying it took only two months and less than $6 million to create it.

Shares in major technology companies leading the artificial intelligence (AI) race took a tumble Monday morning amid investor concern about a new Chinese AI model with growing popularity.  Nvidia,