Institutional reports show deepseek stock price holding a 12% foreign ownership rate, up from 9% last quarter. This increase underscores growing international interest in AI development firms amid shifting tech supply chains. Competitive pressure is intensifying. Elon Musk, a co-founder turned critic, has sued to halt OpenAI's restructuring, arguing it strayed from its original mission after accepting billions in Microsoft backing. Meanwhile, Alphabet's Google, Anthropic, and China's DeepSeek are accelerating their own AI efforts, pushing the market into a more crowded and capital-intensive race. OpenAI has responded with rapid-fire product launches, including its GPT-5 model in August and open reasoning systems, both aimed at keeping it at the front of the pack. "Last week DeepSeek launched a model that rivals OpenAI's ChatGPT and Meta's Llama 3.1 and was #1 on Apple's App Store over the weekend," Wedbush's Ives wrote. "DeepSeek built the model using reduced capability chips from Nvidia. which is impressive and thus has caused major agita for U.S. tech stocks with massive pressure on Nasdaq this morning." deepseek stock price gained 1.9% to close at $43.05, marking its fifth consecutive green day. Historical trend analysis suggests similar streaks in the past 18 months often result in an additional 3-4% advance.