DeepSeek

Also known as deepseek.com, Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd.

Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd., doing business as DeepSeek, is a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company that develops large language models (LLMs). Based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, DeepSeek is owned and funded by the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer. DeepSeek was founded in July 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, the co-founder of High-Flyer, who also serves as the CEO for both of the companies. The company launched an eponymous chatbot alongside its DeepSeek-R1 model in January 2025.

AI overview

DeepSeek is a Chinese AI company founded in 2023 that builds large language models—the technology behind conversational AI systems—and launched its own chatbot in January 2025. It matters because it represents a significant player in the competitive global AI industry, backed by a major hedge fund and led by a prominent tech entrepreneur.

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Company.name: Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd.
Company.logo: DeepSeek_logo.svg
Company.logo_upright: 1.25
Company.type: Private
Company.location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang,China
Company.owner: High-Flyer
Company.num_employees: 160 (2025)
Company.products: DeepSeek
Company.industry: Information technologyArtificial intelligence

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Research organization · ROR

Type: Company
Founded: 2023
Location: Hangzhou, China
Also known as: DeepSeek AI, DeepSeek-AI, 深度求索
Status: Active

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DeepSeek | 深度求索

深度求索（DeepSeek），成立于2023年，专注于研究世界领先的通用人工智能底层模型与技术，挑战人工智能前沿性难题。基于自研训练框架、自建智算集群和万卡算力等资源，深度求索团队仅用半年时间便已发布并开源多个百亿级参数大模型，如DeepSeek-LLM通用大语言模型、DeepSeek-Coder代码大模型，并在2024年1月率先开源国内首个MoE大模型（DeepSeek-MoE），各大模型在公开评测榜单及真实样本外的泛化效果均有超越同级别模型的出色表现。和 DeepSeek AI 对话，轻松接入 API。

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Official name: 深度求索
Official website: deepseek.com

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inception: 2023-05-00
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