AI research lab advancing large language models with their Deepseek series trained on diverse datasets and focused on knowledge-intensive tasks.
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Mar 2024 – Dec 2025
Founded in May 2023 by hedge fund manager Liang Wenfeng.
Known for efficient model training at fraction of typical costs.
Releases powerful open-source models (DeepSeek Coder, V2, V3, R1).
DeepSeek-R1 focuses on reasoning via reinforcement learning.
Offers very competitive API pricing.