Private companyOpen Weight LabsGrowth

DeepSeek

DeepSeek is one of the most important open-model challengers, pairing aggressive research releases with an API business that keeps pressure on closed-model pricing and benchmark leadership.

Hangzhou, China

Founded

2023

Region

Asia

Website

https://www.deepseek.com

Current snapshot

Lifecycle position

Research

New work, prototypes, or early papers.

Preview

Selective access, early demos, or limited pilots.

Growth

Repeatable distribution, partnerships, or ecosystem pull.

Current position

Deployment

Wide production use and durable market presence.

Founded

2023

Watch cadence

Daily

Last verified

2026-03-31

Focus

Open-weight language and reasoning models

Latest move

DeepSeek's current public stack is led by DeepSeek-V3.2 for agentic tool use, V3.2-Speciale for maximum reasoning, and the updated R1-0528 reasoner.

Category and subcategory context

Frontier LabsOpen sourceCodingResearch

Competitive context

OpenAIQwen / Alibaba CloudMistral AI

Recent models

DeepSeek-V3.2DeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeDeepSeek-R1-0528

Products

DeepSeek API

Open weights

Yes

API access

Yes

Watch level

Daily

Signals

Open weightsReasoningBenchmark pressure

Recent coverage of DeepSeek

Recent business and product coverage pulled into the profile so you can see what is happening around the company without leaving the page.

China’s DeepSeek is set to release a new AI model. A rough period for Nasdaq stocks could follow

China’s DeepSeek is set to release a new AI model. A rough period for Nasdaq stocks could follow CNBC

CNBC•Feb 23

Alibaba Unveils Major AI Model Upgrade Ahead of DeepSeek Release

Alibaba Unveils Major AI Model Upgrade Ahead of DeepSeek Release Bloomberg.com

Bloomberg.com•Feb 16

One year after DeepSeek, Chinese AI firms from Alibaba to Moonshot race to release new models

One year after DeepSeek, Chinese AI firms from Alibaba to Moonshot race to release new models CNBC

CNBC•Jan 27

DeepSeek stays mum on next AI model release as technical papers show frontier innovation

DeepSeek stays mum on next AI model release as technical papers show frontier innovation South China Morning Post

South China Morning Post•Jan 14

DeepSeek to launch new AI model focused on coding in February, The Information reports

DeepSeek to launch new AI model focused on coding in February, The Information reports Reuters

Reuters•Jan 9

DeepSeek to release V4 AI model with powerful coding capabilities in February

DeepSeek to release V4 AI model with powerful coding capabilities in February Techzine Global

Techzine Global•Jan 9