DeepSeek (Not specified)
Funding Details
- Awarder
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- Date Award
- May 30, 2025
- Vertical
- Artificial Intelligence
- Funding URL
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Company Info
- Founding Year
- 2023
- Traction
- DeepSeek has rapidly gained attention for its competitive performance and aggressive push toward democratizing AI, earning it the nickname 'the Pinduoduo of AI' for its affordability. The company remains profitable despite triggering a price war in China's AI sector.
- Founders
- Liang Wenfeng
- Company Description
- DeepSeek is a Chinese startup founded in 2023 that focuses on developing advanced AI models with a strong emphasis on cost efficiency and open-source accessibility. Its latest model, DeepSeek-R1-0528, showcases significant improvements in mathematics, programming, and logical reasoning capabilities, aiming to democratize AI access.
- Market
- AI Model Development and Deployment
- Location
- China