DeepSeek
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China · Founded 2023
51-200 employees
Sourced & current · updated Sep 28, 2026Website
Chinese AI lab founded in July 2023 in Hangzhou by Liang Wenfeng and funded by his quantitative hedge fund High-Flyer; known for its open-weight models such as DeepSeek-V3 and R1.
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Emerging global frontier AI lab; disrupted the AI industry with high-performance, low-cost open-weight models competitive with leading US labs