Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd., operating as DeepSeek, is a Chinese artificial intelligence company founded in July 2023 and headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Owned and funded by High-Flyer, a quantitative hedge fund, it was established by CEO Liang Wenfeng.
The company specializes in developing large language models (LLMs) using innovative architectures like Mixture-of-Experts (MoE). Key open-source releases include DeepSeek Coder, DeepSeek-LLM, DeepSeek-V2, DeepSeek-V3 (671 billion parameters), DeepSeek-R1 for reasoning, and the recent DeepSeek-V4 preview with 1.6 trillion parameters, noted for strong agent capabilities and reasoning performance. These models emphasize efficiency, low-cost training, and compatibility with domestic computing chips.
DeepSeek provides API access, chatbots, and tools for developers, with applications in coding, math, and multimodal tasks. Its models have gained attention for competing with leading closed-source systems while being openly available.
Also known as 深度求索.
DeepSeek‑V4 preview (1.6T params) was open‑sourced. The Flash model rivals top closed‑source systems in reasoning, is tuned for domestic chips, and was integrated into the group's AI platform.
