DeepSeek
Chinese AI lab that shocked the industry with R1's reasoning capabilities. Known for extreme efficiency and open-source contributions.
2023
Hangzhou, China
~300
$500M (estimated)
Leadership
Liang Wenfeng
CEO
Key Products
Focus Areas
Funding History
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About DeepSeek
DeepSeek was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China. Led by Liang Wenfeng, the company has grown to approximately 300 employees with +150% YoY growth.
The company has raised $500M (estimated) in funding. Key products include DeepSeek V3, DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek Coder.
DeepSeek focuses on: Efficient training, Reasoning, Open-source, Code generation, MoE architecture.
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