DeepSeek

Chinese AI firms push beyond Nvidia as DeepSeek turns to Huawei

The Chinese tech giant has said that it plans to release a chip for training this year

DeepSeek is in financing talks now with some of the country’s biggest tech names.

China’s chip fund in talks to lead DeepSeek funding: FT

The Big Fund is a backer of some of the country’s largest chip players

The scramble for Huawei’s chips underscores how DeepSeek’s V4 release last week has turbocharged demand for domestic Chinese AI hardware.

Big Chinese tech firms scramble to secure Huawei AI chips after DeepSeek V4 launch: sources

Internet firms including ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba are reaching out about Ascend 950 orders

DeepSeek is hoping pricing, accessibility and sophisticated features will differentiate its models for next-generation developers and enterprise users.

DeepSeek slashes fees for new AI model in Chinese price war

The model allows easy integration of Claude Code, OpenClaw and OpenCode

Many Western and some Asian governments have banned their institutions and officials from using DeepSeek, citing data privacy concerns.

US State Department orders global warning about alleged AI thefts by DeepSeek, other Chinese firms

The White House accusations and the cable come just weeks before US President Donald Trump is set to visit Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing

DeepSeek singled out a technique it dubbed Hybrid Attention Architecture.

DeepSeek unveils flagship AI model a year after breakthrough

The V4 Flash and V4 Pro come with several architecture upgrades and optimisation improvements

DeepSeek is seeking to raise funding at a valuation of more than US$20 billion, after its initial discussions with prospective investors generated immense interest.

Tencent, Alibaba in talks to invest in DeepSeek at over US$20 billion valuation: The Information

AI fundraising highlights the intense capital needed to build and run top-tier models

DeepSeek became an industry phenomenon in January 2025 after developing powerful AI models at what it said was a lower cost.

DeepSeek looks for data centre engineers in Inner Mongolia

It is the first time the company has publicly disclosed a data centre location

Distillation has ranked as a top concern among American AI developers since DeepSeek rattled global markets in early 2025 with its R1 release.

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google unite to combat model copying in China

Trump administration officials have signalled their openness to fostering information sharing among AI companies to rein in adversarial distillation