Marina Zhang, an associate professor at the University of Technology Sydney, said DeepSeek’s V4 rollout is as a “pivotal milestone for China’s AI industry,” especially as global competition intensifies in the pursuit of self-reliance in critical technologies.

China’s DeepSeek unveiled a preview version of its much-anticipated new model on Friday, promising to rival models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google a year after the then little-known start up took the global AI industry by storm.

By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has ordered a global push to bring attention to what it says are widespread efforts by Chinese companies, including AI startup DeepSeek,

While the Chinese company’s V4 Flash and V4 Pro series fall short in terms of competitive performance, DeepSeek’s pricing advantage persists.

The Chinese artificial-intelligence startup is tapping external investors for the first time to raise funds for research and development, people familiar with the matter said.

DeepSeek is raising a small funding round not for cash, but to set a valuation benchmark and retain talent as rivals ramp up poaching Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has begun raising external capital for the first time,