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Established by Liang Wenfeng, who co-founded High-Flyer, DeepSeek is headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

The company’s mission centers on advancing artificial general intelligence (AGI) through open-source research and development.

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This approach aims to democratize AI technology, making it accessible for commercial and academic applications.

DeepSeek has temporarily restricted new user registrations to individuals with China-based phone numbers.

This measure was implemented in response to “large-scale malicious attacks” targeting the platform’s online services.

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Existing users remain unaffected and can continue to access their accounts without interruption.

DeepSeek has introduced several groundbreaking models since the companys first launch, including DeepSeek-V3.

This model achieves performance comparable toOpenAI’s o1across various tasks, including mathematics and coding.

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This efficiency has prompted a reevaluation of the massive investments in AI infrastructure by leading tech companies.

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