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DeepSeek

DeepSeek

Private
HangzhouAI, Data & Cloud Infrastructurehttps://deepseek.com/

Last Round

Early Funding

Jun 16, 2026

Est. Valuation

$50B

Total Funding Raised

$7.82B

Momentum

Top 1%

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Company Overview

DeepSeek is an artificial intelligence company that develops open-source large language models.

Sector

AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure

Verticals

NLP & Conversational AI, ML Platforms, Computer Vision

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Usage-Based SaaS, Freemium, Services & Consulting

AI Layer

Foundation

Keywords

large language modelfoundation modelfrontier AI labAI developer APIopen source LLMcode generation modellow cost inferenceAI chatbotopen weight modeltoken based pricingvision language modelmath modelreasoning modelAI assistantChinese AI lab

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DeepSeek Comps

Public and private peers based on sector, stage, and business model.

CompanyStatusEst. ValuationRev Multiple
OpenAIPrivate$86.0B~40x
CoherePrivate$5.0B--
Competitor 1Public$XX.XBXXx
Competitor 2Public$XX.XBXXx

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DeepSeek Funding Rounds

Historical fundraising activity

RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Early FundingJun 16, 2026
Early FundingMay 19, 2026
Corporate FundingJul 17, 2023

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Brayden Dowling

Deputy CEO

Executive Team

Ryan Azhari

Chief Executive Officer

Executive Team

DeepSeek Investors

Notable investors and investment history

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  • Jun 16, 2026

    $7.4B round with Tencent and IDG Capital

  • May 19, 2026

    $300M raised at $10B post-money valuation.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersHangzhou
Employee Range152
Year Founded2023
Last FundingJun 16, 2026

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