Chinese AI lab (backed by quant hedge fund High-Flyer) building frontier models at remarkably low training cost.
What They Do
DeepSeek is an AI research division of High-Flyer Capital Management. Their models — including DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1 — achieved top-tier benchmark performance at a fraction of the compute cost reported by comparable US models.
Mission
Solve AGI through open, efficient, and principled research that benefits all of humanity.
Available Models
| Model | Family | Context | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| deepseek-v4-flash | — | — | — | |
| deepseek-v4-pro | — | — | — |
FAQ
DeepSeek-R1 matched GPT-o1 on key reasoning benchmarks while reportedly costing ~$6 M to train — dramatically less than hundreds of millions spent by US counterparts.