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DeepSeek
Chinese developer of open-weight language and reasoning models.
Company profile
DeepSeek is a Chinese developer of open-weight large language models, including DeepSeek-V4 and DeepSeek-R1, offering chat and API access. WikipediaDeepSeek website
The company is based in Hangzhou and is owned and funded by High-Flyer, a Chinese hedge fund. Wikipedia
- Founded
- 2023
- Founders
- Liang Wenfeng
- Headquarters
- Hangzhou
- Chief executive
- Liang Wenfeng
- Employees
- Not publicly reported
- Ownership
- Owned by High-Flyer
- Total funding
- Not publicly reported
- Latest funding round
- Not publicly reported
- Valuation
- Not publicly reported
- Revenue
- Not publicly reported
Drawn from Wikidata, Wikipedia, the company's own site and news and web sources; each figure links to its source. Researched Oct 19, 2026.
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