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DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence company founded by Liang Wenfeng. Its low-cost AI model was developed with significantly fewer computing resources than those of bigger US tech firms like OpenAI and Meta.
US House Select Committee on China ranking member Ro Khanna speaks with journalists before an Artificial Intelligence briefing on September 16 in Washington. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
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A Chinese party mouthpiece has rejected US allegations that China’s AI firms conducted “industrial-scale” distillation of American frontier models. Photo: Shutterstock
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DeepSeek AI engineer slams Anthropic, OpenAI over ‘pacing’ calls, invokes Hitler

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The Moonshot Kimi and DeepSeek logos are seen in this illustration taken September 5, 2026. Photo: Reuters
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Anthropic claims Moonshot, DeepSeek secretly diverted user requests to Claude

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DeepSeek says new Flash AI model beats Kimi K3 on cyber, coding benchmarks

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The DeepSeek name is displayed in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on June 16, 2026. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
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Chinese AI firm DeepSeek taps underwriters for IPO: sources

Start-up aims to begin the IPO process this year to list on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-like Star market, sources say.

DeepSeek is moving to complete a pre-IPO round of financing that could value it at about US$74 billion. Photo: Shutterstock
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DeepSeek seeks 150 engineers in hiring spree to overhaul back end systems

The company cited a rapid surge in user demand for AI and increased complexity of its computing systems.

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Chinese shoppers can now buy AI subscriptions from DeepSeek and Z.ai on Tmall

By packaging tokens and coding plans like everyday retail goods, AI labs are opening a new front in their push for sustainable revenue.

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Tmall is expanding into AI subscriptions as developers seek new ways to reach and retain paying users. Photo: Shutterstock
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Legislation to promote adoption of US open-source models while publicising the risks associated with using their Chinese counterparts.

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DeepSeek targets 2027 listing as pre-IPO funding nears close: sources

Landmark round to lift Chinese start-up’s valuation to US$74 billion and set the stage for a Shanghai Star Market listing, sources say.

The DeepSeek logo on a wall in Hangzhou, eastern China's Zhejiang province. Photo: Getty Images
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DeepSeek leads surge in low-cost Chinese open-weight models on US platform

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Chinese AI companies are optimising software to cope with surging workloads. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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Alibaba’s lightweight Qwen takes on OpenAI, DeepSeek, Zhipu’s larger AI systems

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Back in the Harness: DeepSeek continues its pivot towards agentic AI

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DeepSeek’s flagship AI model update underwhelms – except in cybersecurity

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Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek quietly released an updated version of its latest flagship model, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
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