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DeepSeek

Hangzhou, CN · founded 2023 · ~200 employees · Information · Crunchbase rank #22 · deepseek.com

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.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer APIsFoundational AIGenerative AIMachine Learning

Funding

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Every round, secondary, debt facility or acquisition involving DeepSeek that AI Lounge tracks, newest first. Latest: Series A on Jun 16, 2026.
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DeepSeekdetails →Series AJun 16
IDG Capital (lead), Tencent · Frontier models
$7B

Timeline · 21

Oct 22, 2026
Deal
DeepSeek reportedly raises about $15B in yuan round led by CATL and Tencent · Bloomberg via Investing.com
Oct 20, 2026
News
DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine · github.com
Oct 19, 2026
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DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under new DHS order · reuters.com
Oct 19, 2026
News
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Max) · artificialanalysis.ai
Oct 19, 2026
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walkai-talkai: Talk to your AI coding agent over a walkie-talkie · Product Hunt
Oct 18, 2026
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DeepSeek search and fetch – $0.75 per 1000 successful requests · api-docs.deepseek.com
Oct 17, 2026
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DeepSeek releases open V4.1-Flash-1017 under MIT license and opens paid Search and Fetch APIs · DeepSeek
Oct 16, 2026
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China proposes export controls on AI model weights, agents and chip designs, with comment open to Nov. 15 · Startup Fortune
Oct 15, 2026
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Microsoft AI finishes pre-training MAI-Base-2, a 2.8T-parameter mixture-of-experts model · Microsoft AI
Oct 14, 2026
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DeepSeek reportedly nears 100 billion yuan raise at about $70B valuation, double its first target · Seoul Economic Daily
Oct 10, 2026
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Nvidia reportedly in talks to buy Reflection AI or deepen its $800M stake in the open-weights lab · Reuters
Oct 10, 2026
Deal
Nvidia reportedly in talks to buy open-weight model maker Reflection AI or expand its stake · Reuters
Oct 6, 2026
Deal
DeepSeek reportedly raising more than $11.9B at a $74B valuation, led by Tencent and CATL · Reuters
Oct 6, 2026
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DeepSeek reportedly set to raise more than $12B at a ~$74B valuation, with Tencent and CATL leading · Investing.com
Oct 5, 2026
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Reflection AI unveils Beam, a 501B open-weight MoE built to take on China's open models · TechCrunch
Oct 4, 2026
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Bloomberg Intelligence puts the US–China frontier-model gap at about 3% after DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · Bloomberg
Oct 4, 2026
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DeepSeek Harness v0.2 ships desktop apps and an alpha bridge that runs Claude Code mods as plugins · MarkTechPost
Oct 4, 2026
News
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI is about to release its first open-weight model as a US answer to DeepSeek and Qwen · Axios
Jul 15, 2026
Deal
DeepSeek takes its first outside money: $7B from IDG, CATL, Tencent, JD and NetEase · Today's Startup News
Jun 16, 2026
Round
Series A · $7B · IDG Capital
Apr 7, 2026
Research
Stanford AI Index 2026: the 425-page scorecard on where AI actually stands · Stanford HAI

In the news

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DeepSeek reportedly raises about $15B in yuan round led by CATL and Tencent2026-10-22DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine2026-10-20DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under new DHS order2026-10-19DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Max)2026-10-19walkai-talkai: Talk to your AI coding agent over a walkie-talkie2026-10-19DeepSeek search and fetch – $0.75 per 1000 successful requests2026-10-18DeepSeek releases open V4.1-Flash-1017 under MIT license and opens paid Search and Fetch APIs2026-10-17China proposes export controls on AI model weights, agents and chip designs, with comment open to Nov. 152026-10-16
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