DeepSeek - About the company
DeepSeek is a series A company based in Hangzhou (China), founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng. It operates as an Open source based AI assistant for enterprises. DeepSeek has raised $4.4B in funding, with a current valuation of $50B. The company has 171 active competitors, including 48 funded and 5 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like OpenAI, Anthropic and Mistral AI.
Sectors and market segments that DeepSeek operate in
DeepSeek serves in the High Tech, Native AI market segments.The primary business model of DeepSeek are:Company Details
Open source based AI assistant for enterprises. It is an artificial intelligence platform that offers tools and services, including coding, content creation, file reading, and more, via its AI-powered chatbot. The platform help users generate responses and insights, and its platform is accessible through a web-based interface. It helps users answer questions and drive decision-making through its AI-driven solutions.
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- deepseek.com
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- Email ID
- *****@deepseek.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2023
Location
Hangzhou, China
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$4.4B in 1 round
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$50B as on May 06, 2026
Ranked
7th among 171 active competitors
Employee Count
206 as on Aug 31, 2026
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DeepSeek's funding and investors
DeepSeek has raised a total funding of $4.4B over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Jun 16, 2026 for $4.4B. 4 investors participated in its latest round. DeepSeek has 5 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of DeepSeek:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jun 16, 2026 | $4.4B | Series A | - | - | - |
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DeepSeek's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of DeepSeek's key team members:
- Liang Wenfeng: Founder & CEO of DeepSeek.
- Ryan Azhari: CEO of DeepSeek.
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DeepSeek's employee count trend
DeepSeek has 206 employees as of Aug 26. Here is DeepSeek's employee count trend over the years:
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DeepSeek's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of DeepSeek include OpenAI, Anthropic and Mistral AI. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of DeepSeek, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  OpenAI 2015, San Francisco (United States), Series F | Artificial intelligence research and development platform offering advanced language models | $180B | 89/100 | |
2nd | Anthropic 2021, San Francisco (United States), Series H | Provider of AI safety and research company | $132B | 83/100 | |
3rd | Mistral AI 2023, Paris (France), Series D | Provider of customizable, open-source artificial intelligence models and solutions for various applications | $6.54B | 78/100 | |
4th | Developer of enterprise AI platform and multilingual language and retrieval models | $1.54B | 78/100 | ||
5th | Provider of AI research laboratory services | $379M | 71/100 | ||
6th | Provider of AI cloud infrastructure, foundational models, and applications | $74.9M | 68/100 | ||
7th | Open source based AI assistant for enterprises | $4.4B | 68/100 | ||
8th | AI powered code generation tool for developers | $1.4B | 67/100 | ||
9th | Aleph Alpha 2019, Heidelberg (Germany), Acquired | Provider of an AI-enabled text and image analytics platform | $533M | 66/100 | |
10th | Platform offering AI focused writing and reading assistants | $636M | 66/100 |
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DeepSeek's Investments and acquisitions
DeepSeek has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
News related to DeepSeek
Filter this listMedia has covered DeepSeek for a total of 142 events in the last 1 year, 70 of them have been about company updates and 5 about partnerships.
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DeepSeek Open-Sources Harness Agent Runtime With Everything-Is-a-Plugin DesignPandaily•Sep 15, 2026•DeepSeek
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DeepSeek Eyes $7 Billion Funding Round Amid Tenfold Revenue SurgePYMNTS.com•Aug 26, 2026•DeepSeek, High-Flyer
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DeepSeek Unveils Experimental Model V4 Flash Vision for Multimodal AI CapabilitiesTech in Asia•Aug 22, 2026•DeepSeek, Anthropic
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