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Led By DeepSeek, 10 Frontier Labs Rush Onto The Crunchbase Unicorn Board In June
34 companies joined the Crunchbase Unicorn Board in June 2024, adding over $110 billion in value, with 10 AI labs...
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Experts say exploiting Anthropic’s Fable isn’t how Kimi K3 got so good
"I don't think you get a model this strong and this quickly on the heels of Fable doing strictly distillation," one expert told TechCrunch.
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China And AI Lead Asia’s Startup Funding To Multiyear Peak In Q2
Asia's startup funding reached a multiyear peak of $42.8 billion in Q2 2026, driven largely by China's $7.4 billion...
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DeepSeek reportedly in talks to raise $1.5B, then IPO
DeepSeek, a Chinese large language model developer, is reportedly preparing for a 2027 IPO while simultaneously raising...
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DeepSeek needs more cash just weeks after closing its first $7 billion round
DeepSeek is launching another fundraising round shortly after closing a $7 billion funding round. The Chinese AI lab...
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Deepseek is designing its own AI chip
Chinese startup Deepseek is developing its own AI chip, according to Reuters. This move represents a significant...
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Deepseek's DSpark boosts AI speed by up to 85 percent, a strategic win under tightening US export controls
Deepseek has developed DSpark, a new framework that increases per-user AI response speed by 60-85% through a two-model...
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DeepSeek Releases DSpark, a Speculative Decoding Framework That Accelerates DeepSeek-V4 Per-User Generation 60–85% Over MTP-1
DeepSeek open-sourced DSpark, a speculative decoding framework that accelerates DeepSeek-V4 token generation by 57-85%...
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DeepSeek takes outside money for the first time at a $50 billion valuation
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has completed its first external funding round, raising approximately $7.4 billion at a $50...
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Deepseek topped Ramp's trending software vendors in June 2026 as US companies chase cheaper AI
DeepSeek emerged as the top trending software vendor on Ramp in June 2026, driven by US companies seeking more...
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New review paper argues code is how AI agents think and act, not just what they produce
A review paper argues that the software layer (tools, memory, testing, permissions) around language models, not the...
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Deepseek makes its 75 percent discount permanent, pricing output tokens at least 34x below GPT-5.5
DeepSeek has made its 75% discount on its V4-Pro model permanent, pricing output tokens at least 34 times cheaper than...
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Deepseek reportedly prioritizes AGI research over quick profits despite billions in funding
DeepSeek is raising approximately $10 billion in funding, valuing the Chinese AI startup at roughly $45 billion....
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Deepseek wants to take on Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex with "Deepseek Code"
Deepseek is assembling a new team in Beijing to develop 'Deepseek Code,' an AI code agent designed to compete with...
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DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation from its first investment round
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, is valued at $45B in its first investment round after gaining prominence in early 2025 with...
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Deepseek nears $45 billion valuation as China's state chip fund leads round
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, is approaching a funding round that could value the company at approximately $45 billion,...
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China is falling behind in the AI race, according to a US government benchmark
A US government agency claims China is eight months behind in AI development, but independent data contradicts this...
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DeepSeek-V4 Could Change Global AI Model Race
DeepSeek released two versions of its V4 large language model, both featuring open-source accessibility and cost...
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DeepSeek AI Releases DeepSeek-V4: Compressed Sparse Attention and Heavily Compressed Attention Enable One-Million-Token Contexts
DeepSeek-AI released preview versions of DeepSeek-V4, a series of Mixture-of-Experts language models designed to enable...
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DeepSeek previews new AI model that ‘closes the gap’ with frontier models
DeepSeek announces new AI models that are more efficient and performant than its V3.2 version, with architectural...
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