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DeepSeek

DeepSeek develops AI architectures focused on natural language processing, mathematical reasoning, and automated software engineering.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer APIsFoundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningFoundation models
ARR
$500M
as of Jun 2026
Employees
~200
as of Jun 2026
Valuation
$74B
148× ARR
ARR / employee
$3M
revenue efficiency
About DeepSeek

DeepSeek provides open-weight large language models alongside dedicated frameworks built to execute text generation, document analysis, and code synthesis. Its product ecosystem includes web-based conversational interfaces, specialized mobile applications, and cloud-based application programming interfaces for developer integration. The underlying mixture-of-experts technology isolates specific neural pathways to optimize data throughput, lowering computational overhead and operational costs during real-time inference tasks.

DeepSeek develops AI architectures focused on natural language processing, mathematical reasoning, and automated software engineering. Crunchbase rank #22.

Investors · 10

InvestorCATLCorporate15 partners on file
InvestorHigh-Flyer (Ningbo High-Flyer Quant Investment Management)Venture capital1 partner on file
InvestorIDG CapitalVenture capital54 partners on file
InvestorJD.comVenture capital3 partners on file
InvestorMonolith ManagementVenture capital3 partners on file
InvestorNational Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment FundVenture capital
InvestorNetEaseVenture capital3 partners on file
InvestorShixiang TechnologyVenture capital
InvestorTencentCorporate13 partners on file
InvestorZhengxin Valley InvestmentVenture capital
92 partner contacts across these firms, emails and LinkedIn are in Investor Contacts for paid members.

Deals

All deals
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DeepSeekGrowthOct 22
CATL (lead), Tencent (lead) · Chinese LLM developer
$15B
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DeepSeekGrowthOct 6
CATL (lead), Tencent (lead) · Frontier AI models
$11.9B
val. $74B
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DeepSeekdetails →Series AJun 16
IDG Capital (lead), Tencent · Frontier models
$7B

News, deals & research

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DealDeepSeek reportedly raises about $15B in yuan round led by CATL and TencentOct 22NewsDeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engineOct 20NewsDeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under new DHS orderOct 19NewsDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Max)Oct 19Newswalkai-talkai: Talk to your AI coding agent over a walkie-talkieOct 19NewsDeepSeek search and fetch – $0.75 per 1000 successful requestsOct 18NewsDeepSeek releases open V4.1-Flash-1017 under MIT license and opens paid Search and Fetch APIsOct 17NewsChina proposes export controls on AI model weights, agents and chip designs, with comment open to Nov. 15Oct 16NewsMicrosoft AI finishes pre-training MAI-Base-2, a 2.8T-parameter mixture-of-experts modelOct 15NewsDeepSeek reportedly nears 100 billion yuan raise at about $70B valuation, double its first targetOct 14NewsNvidia reportedly in talks to buy Reflection AI or deepen its $800M stake in the open-weights labOct 10DealNvidia reportedly in talks to buy open-weight model maker Reflection AI or expand its stakeOct 10DealDeepSeek reportedly raising more than $11.9B at a $74B valuation, led by Tencent and CATLOct 6NewsDeepSeek reportedly set to raise more than $12B at a ~$74B valuation, with Tencent and CATL leadingOct 6NewsReflection AI unveils Beam, a 501B open-weight MoE built to take on China's open modelsOct 5
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