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DeepSeek
DeepSeek is a Chinese AI lab known for efficient large language models, reasoning models, and open-weight AI releases.
- Founded 2023
- Headquarters Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- CEO Liang Wenfeng
Overview
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Founded
2023
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Headquarters
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Industry
Artificial Intelligence
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CEO
Liang Wenfeng
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Founders
Liang Wenfeng
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Funding
Backed by High-Flyer-related resources
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Valuation
N/A
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Employees
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About DeepSeek
DeepSeek is a Chinese AI lab known for efficient large language models, reasoning models, and open-weight releases that have drawn global attention from developers, researchers, and enterprise AI teams. The company was founded by Liang Wenfeng and is associated with High-Flyer, combining frontier AI research with a strong focus on cost-efficient model training and deployment.
TrueUp lists DeepSeek as a generative AI company with the business focus “AI lab (part of High-Flyer Capital)” and valuation N/A in its visible generative AI company ranking.
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Products & Business
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Products & Services
- DeepSeek models
- reasoning models
- chat assistant
- model APIs
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Platform & Tools
Model APIs, open-weight model releases, developer documentation, and chat products.
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Revenue Model
Usage-based API pricing and AI application access.
Key Information
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Business Type
Private AI research lab
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Headquarters
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Founded Date
2023
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Company CEO
Liang Wenfeng
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Founders
Liang Wenfeng
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Brands
DeepSeek, DeepSeek-V3, DeepSeek-R1
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Categories
News
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Employee Count
N/A
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Funding
Backed by High-Flyer-related resources
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Valuation
N/A
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Ownership
Private
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Stock Ticker
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Latest DeepSeek News
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ByteDance and Tencent each received about 10,000 Nvidia H200 chips, but Chinese regulators want the hardware kept in Hong Kong, which lacks the power to run it.
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US to Tell Dozens of Nations to Pick a Side in the AI Race
The US is preparing to warn dozens of countries they must choose between its Pax Silica AI coalition and China's competing framework, or risk exclusion, according to a leaked draft.
Anthropic Investors Eye a Record $2 Trillion IPO Valuation
Investors expect Anthropic to target a valuation of $2 trillion or more in an October IPO, which would be the largest listing in history, driven by surging revenue.
DeepSeek Moves V4 Pro to General Release at a Fraction of Rivals’ Cost
DeepSeek's flagship V4 Pro left preview as build 0813, a 1.6-trillion-parameter model that nears frontier benchmarks at roughly a sixtieth of Anthropic's Fable 5 pricing.
US Treasury Secretary Threatens Sanctions Over Chinese AI Model Distillation
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US could sanction Chinese AI companies found to have distilled American models, claiming officials have found US "watermarks" in Chinese systems.
China’s Moonshot Releases Kimi K3, Its Largest AI Model Yet
Chinese startup Moonshot released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model it says rivals Anthropic's Claude, as the US-China AI gap narrows.
DeepSeek Founder Liang Wenfeng Becomes World’s Richest AI Developer
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng's net worth has more than doubled to $36 billion following a new funding round, making him the wealthiest founder among pure-play AI development companies, according to Bloomberg.