Beijing, April 24, 2026 (AFP) - Five things to know about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek

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2026-04-24

As DeepSeek releases its first major new artificial intelligence model in over a year -- DeepSeek-V4 -- here are five things to know about the Chinese startup: - 'Sputnik moment' - Founded by Liang Wenfeng in the eastern Chinese tech hub Hangzhou, DeepSeek started life in 2023 as a side project of Liang's data-driven hedge fund that had access to a cache of powerful AI processors made by US chip giant Nvidia. It shot to global attention in Janua......

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