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
Models by DeepSeek
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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