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MiniMax Plans China IPO as It Eyes Local Rivals Like DeepSeek

China’s MiniMax Group Inc. has begun preparations for a domestic initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing, as the fast‑growing artificial intelligence startup challenges local rivals including DeepSeek.

Vitalik Buterin ties DeepSeek V4 to Ethereum’s privacy future

Vitalik Buterin has tied DeepSeek V4 to Ethereum’s privacy future, outlining a roadmap integrating local AI models into Ethereum’s access layer.

How DeepSeek’s radical architecture is shattering Silicon Valley's token moat

DeepSeek’s announcement over the weekend that it has made its 75% price cut permanent on its flagship V4 Pro model is a disruptive assault on the capital-heavy business mo

Vitalik Buterin Links DeepSeek V4 Local AI Advances to Ethereum Privacy Infrastructure

TLDR: DeepSeek V4’s 2-bit quantized version runs within 90 GB of VRAM, making local AI more accessible on consumer hardware. Apple hardware delivers 35 tokens per second on DeepSeek V4, while AMD trails significantly at only 7 tokens per second. Buterin says ZK-based infrastructure supports

Another ‘DeepSeek moment’? Huawei milestone alters China trajectory in chip race: analysts

Huawei Technologies’ unveiling of a chip architectural workaround to bypass US sanctions marks a major step towards China’s semiconductor self-sufficiency, giving Beijing powerful new leverage in its tech tug of war with Washington, analysts say. The Chinese tech giant captured global attention on M

Beijing Extends Its AI Controls From DeepSeek to Alibaba

Beijing is widening AI controls from DeepSeek toward Alibaba, pairing travel approvals with capital rules after the Meta-Manus fight. The new pressure point is not only chips or models. It is the people who know how to build them, and the passport that decides where they can go.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek slashes price of flagship model

DeepSeek made a 75% discount on its flagship model permanent, intensifying an AI price war.

The Vatican Just Took a Seat at the AI Table. Silicon Valley Followed.

Pope Leo XIV sat Anthropic's atheist co-founder beside him at his AI encyclical. DeepSeek locked V4 Pro prices 34.5x below GPT-5.5. Gemini hit 90 in the LLM Meter. Tuesday's Implicator briefing.

China extends AI travel curbs from DeepSeek to other private firms

Top researchers at private Chinese AI companies are being asked to surrender passports, in a quiet expansion of the controls that began at DeepSeek earlier this year. China is widening its informal tra

Deepseek hits OpenAI, Anthropic where it really hurts

Premium products rarely lose to better products. They lose to cheaper ones. That has been the quiet rule of every technology cycle since the personal computer, and it is the rule American AI labs have been hoping does not apply to them. OpenAI's GPT-5.5 sits at $5 per million input tokens and $30 ..

DeepSeek is making its massive 75% price cut permanent on its flagship V4-Pro model

DeepSeek is making its massive 75% price cut

DeepSeek’s steep V4-Pro price cut escalates AI pricing war

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DeepSeek slashes V4 Pro price by 75%

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China's DeepSeek to make permanent 75% price cut on flagship V4‑Pro AI model

DeepSeek did not disclose whether the permanent price cut was due to increased supply of Huawei’s Ascend 950 chips, which it used to maximize V4’s performance.

China’s DeepSeek trims the price of its flagship AI model by 75%, and it could be a huge shift

DeepSeek’s massive 75% price cut on its flagship AI model could signal a major shift in the global AI race. Behind the scenes, Huawei’s growing AI chip ecosystem may be starting to reshape how cheaply powerful AI can actually run.

DeepSeek Just Froze AI Prices at a Level Western Labs Cannot Match

DeepSeek removed the strikethroughs from its V4 Pro pricing page Saturday. The 75 percent discount is now permanent. Output tokens cost $0.87 per million — 34.5 times less than GPT-5.5. The gap runs on Huawei chips and widens with every Ascend 950 that ships.

China's DeepSeek to make permanent 75% price cut on flagship V4‑Pro AI model

DeepSeek ⁠did ⁠not disclose whether the permanent price cut was due ​to increased supply of Huawei's Ascend 950 chips, which it ​used to maximize V4's performance.

DeepSeek V4 Pro tops global bang-for-buck ranking after 75% price cut

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek’s latest flagship model has been ranked as one of the world’s best on an intelligence-per-dollar basis, far exceeding those from US heavyweights OpenAI and Anthropic in cost-efficiency after a 75 per cent promotional price cut was made permanent. The

DeepSeek made its 75% discount permanent. The AI price war just escalated.

DeepSeek has made permanent the 75% price discount on its flagship V4 Pro model. The promotion was originally scheduled to expire on 31 May. The Chinese AI startup’

DeepSeek makes 75% price cut permanent on V4-Pro as AI price war enters new phase

DeepSeek will permanently keep the 75% discount on its flagship V4-Pro model that had been set to expire May 31, the company said Saturday. V4-Pro API output tokens now cost $0.87 per million, down from $3.48 at launch one month ago. DeepSeek announced Saturday that the 75% discount on its flagship

Deepseek makes its 75 percent discount permanent, pricing output tokens at least 34x below GPT-5.5

Deepseek is making the 75 percent discount on its top model V4-Pro pe

DeepSeek permanently reduces the price of its flagship V4 model by 75 percent

The lower prices could be aimed at undercutting the competition.

China's DeepSeek makes permanent 75% cut in V4-Pro AI model prices

DeepSeek did not disclose ​whether the permanent price cut was due to increased ​supply of Huawei's Ascend 950 chips, which it used to maximize V4's performance

China's DeepSeek to make permanent 75% price cut on flagship V4‑Pro AI model

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DeepSeek To Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model

DeepSeek said it will make permanent a steep discount on its flagship V4‑Pro model, maintaining prices for developers at a quarter of their original level.

I tried a new 8B local LLM, and its design might be the biggest shift since DeepSeek R1

Zaya1-8B is a huge shift in LLMs, and the results are impressive.

Deepseek reportedly prioritizes AGI research over quick profits despite billions in funding

Deepseek is about to raise around $10 billion, which would valu

DeepSeek Shuns Short-Term Profits While Seeking $45 Billion Valuation

DeepSeek is in advanced discussions for a funding deal that could raise $10 billion and value the company at $45 billion, Bloomberg reported Friday (May 22). If DeepSeek raises $10 billion, it could set a record for a first-time financing by a Chinese tech startup, according to the report. The d

Chinese EV Battery Giant CATL Plans to Invest in DeepSeek

Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology, better known as CATL, is planning to invest in Chinese AI developer DeepSeek’s fundraising, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. CATL’s planned investment comes as it is aggressively stepping up its efforts to sell pow

DeepSeek Still Wants AGI. Beijing Is Writing Part of the Check.

DeepSeek is discussing a 70 billion yuan round while Liang Wenfeng keeps his AGI pledge in place. A state-backed AI fund may invest about 10 billion yuan, turning the open-source lab into a test of how much Beijing wants inside the model race.

DeepSeek founder declares AGI as the goal as $10bn funding round advances

Liang Wenfeng tells prospective investors the Hangzhou lab will prioritise frontier research over revenue, in its first-ever external raise. DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has told prospective investors

DeepSeek Founder Declares AGI Goal as $10 Billion Round Advances

DeepSeek’s senior management has told potential investors in its ongoing 70 billion yuan ($10 billion) funding round that the startup will prioritize groundbreaking AI research over short-term commercialization, people familiar with the matter said.

DeepSeek Is Building Its Own Claude Code. Beijing Wants the Whole Stack

The Chinese AI lab already powers coding agents worldwide. Now it wants to own the tool developers use to run them.

Deepseek wants to take on Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex with "Deepseek Code"

Deepseek is building a new team in Beijing to develop its own AI code agent

DeepSeek recruits former Jane Street engineer to catch up on AI agents, revenue race

Chinese artificial intelligence heavyweight DeepSeek has recruited a former Jane Street star engineer to its new AI “harness” team, as it looks to ensure it does not fall behind in the agentic AI era. Cui Tianyi joined the Hangzhou start-up in March, according to a post on his LinkedIn profile on Tu

DeepSeek and China’s AI boom are increasingly powered by state money

Government-linked investors in China went from backing fewer than 10 AI deals annually before 2018 to more than 140 in 2025, reshaping who controls the future of AI.

How to Cut Your AI Bill Without Giving Up Claude Opus 4.7

Claude Opus 4.7 remains expensive where judgment matters. Gemini, DeepSeek and other rivals are cheaper in specific lanes. The savings case now depends on routers that measure accepted work per dollar, not one-for-one model swaps. For paid software teams, the hard part is proving which lane works.

Why AI Coding Agents Need Context Compaction Before 100 Percent

Anthropic pairs Claude Code’s 1 million-token window with a command table. OpenAI, Google and DeepSeek add the missing economics: opaque summaries, attention falloff, cache misses and latency. The question is what developers should do before the window fills.

China’s AI Suppliers Cannot Build Fast Enough for DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4 moved China's AI race from export licenses to factory allocation. Huawei has demand, but Bloomberg and Reuters point to optics, CPUs, power chips and supplier prepayments as the bottlenecks deciding how fast domestic AI hardware can ship.

DeepSeek doesn’t do it: China’s developers are buying banned US AI models on the black market

DeepSeek doesn’t do it: China’s developers

Hackers Use Fake DeepSeek TUI GitHub Repositories to Deliver Malware

Hackers are once again targeting developers and AI enthusiasts by impersonating popular open-source tools on GitHub. This time, the target is DeepSeek TUI, a legitimate terminal-based intelligent agent that allows users to interact with DeepSeek large language models directly from the command lin

DeepSeek seeks record $7.3 billion AI funding round

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DeepSeek Seeks $4 Billion in First External Round at $50 Billion Valuation

DeepSeek's valuation has climbed fivefold to $50 billion in three weeks. The Hangzhou AI lab is raising up to $4 billion in its first external round, with China's state-backed Big Fund leading and Tencent in parallel talks. Sources cite talent attrition as the trigger.

AI money keeps flowing as Deepseek plans record raise and Core Automation quadruples valuation in weeks

Deepseek is planning a funding round of up to $7.35 billion, the larg

Tencent to back DeepSeek in $4B round at $50B valuation, marking first external funding: report

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, is seeking its first outside funding round at a v

DeepSeek to soon close first external fundraising in US$50b valuation: sources

Chinese artificial intelligence high-flier DeepSeek is expected to close its first external financing round soon, boosting its valuation to up to US$50 billion, according to three people familiar with the matter, as the country’s marquee state-backed investment vehicle joins in bankrolling what is s

DeepSeek To Raise More than $7 Billion as Startup Plots Revenue Efforts

Liang Wenfeng, billionaire founder and CEO of DeepSeek, is planning to write the biggest check for the startup’s first-ever funding round, which the company now hopes will raise up to 50 billion yuan ($7.35 billion), according to two people with direct knowledge of the talks. That would make it t

DeepSeek and Alibaba rescue China’s office landlords

Technology firms are reviving (a few) Chinese commercial-property markets

Moonshot AI valued at $20bn after $2bn raise for Kimi creator

China’s AI chatbot labs are attracting big investors, as DeepSeek is also reported to be raising at a $45bn valuation. Read more: Moonshot AI valued at $20bn after

DeepSeek Value Rises To $45bn In First Funding Round

China's biggest state-backed chip investment fund reportedly in talks to lead AI start-up's funding round, as valuation more than doubles

DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation from its first investment round

The Chinese AI lab came to prominence in early 2025 after launching a large language model that trained on a fraction of the compute power and at a fraction of the cost of the big U.S. models like those from OpenAI and Anthropic.

China’s AI Fund May Lead $44B DeepSeek Funding Round

China's national AI fund may lead a new DeepSeek funding round, potent

DeepSeek could be valued at up to $50 billion in first fundraising: Sources

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek is seeking a massive valuation of up to fifty billion dollars in its first funding drive. The company aims to raise three to four billion dollars. This move comes as DeepSeek faces stiff competition from rivals. The national AI fund and tech giant Tencent are reportedly in t

Malicious OpenClaw DeepSeek Skill Exploits Agentic AI Workflows to Deliver RAT and Stealer

A cleverly disguised malware campaign is targeting developers and AI-driven systems by hiding inside what looks like a legitimate plugin for an open-source AI framework. Security researchers have uncovered a threat that takes full advantage of how modern AI agents work, using their automated natu

Deepseek nears $45 billion valuation as China's state chip fund leads round

Deepseek is close to a funding round that could value the Chine

DeepSeek nears $45B valuation from China’s Big Fund, Tencent, Alibaba: report

China’s most talked-about AI company, DeepSeek, is reportedly closing in on a

China’s chipmakers rush to embrace DeepSeek’s V4. Which names stand out?

The release of DeepSeek’s latest large language model, V4, has been followed by a wave of adoption among domestic semiconductor manufacturers and artificial intelligence chipmakers, with firms racing to support the model on local hardware platforms. The shift comes amid rising geopolitical tensions

The U.S.-China AI gap has closed—and Silicon Valley is starting to notice

More than a year after the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek, a main rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, stunned the world with its own advanced AI model, China has become a testing ground for mass use of AI tools

China to Invest in DeepSeek at $50 Billion Valuation

The money will come from government-backed investors and align the AI startup with Beijing’s push for technology self-sufficiency.

China’s National AI Fund in Talks to Invest in DeepSeek

China’s national artificial intelligence fund is in talks to invest in DeepSeek in a funding round that is now expected to value the company at more than 300 billion yuan ($44 billion), according to two people with knowledge of the discussions. DeepSeek, owned by Chinese hedge fund High-Fl

DeepSeek nears $45 billion valuation as China's 'big fund' leads investment talks, FT reports

​China's ​biggest state-backed semiconductor ​investment vehicle, China Integrated ‌Circuit ⁠Industry Investment ⁠Fund, ​is in talks ​to lead the financing ​of ⁠DeepSeek's first ‌fundraising ​that ​could ⁠value the frontier AI ​lab at about $45 ​billion.

Malicious OpenClaw Skill Targets Agentic AI Workflows to Deploy RATs and Stealers

OpenClaw’s agent “skill” ecosystem to deliver both Remcos RAT and a cross‑platform stealer called GhostLoader by hiding malware inside a deceptive DeepSeek integration called “DeepSeek‑Claw.” The campaign shows how agentic AI workflows with high local privileges can be quietly hijacked through ma

China’s Chip Fund in Talks to Lead DeepSeek Funding, FT Says

China’s main chip-sector investment fund is in discussions to lead a fundraising round for DeepSeek at a valuation of about $45 billion, the Financial Times reported, citing people with knowledge of the talks.

DeepSeek nears $45 billion valuation as China’s ‘Big Fund’ leads investment talks, FT reports

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Amazon brings agentic fine-tuning to SageMaker with support for Llama, Qwen, Deepseek, and Nova

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Italy forces DeepSeek, Mistral and Nova AI to warn users about hallucinations

AGCM closed three AI probes requiring DeepSeek, Mistral, and Nova AI to add permanent hallucination disclaimers on chat interfaces and registration screens in Italian.

DeepClaude Lets You Run Claude Code With DeepSeek's Brain for 17x Cheaper

A new open-source script swaps Claude Code's expensive Anthropic backend for DeepSeek V4 Pro, OpenRouter, or Fireworks AI—keeping the agent loop, slashing the bill.

Alibaba (BABA) Stock: Morgan Stanley Survey Crowns It China’s Leading AI Player

Morgan Stanley survey ranks Alibaba (BABA) as China's #1 AI winner, with 41% CIO selection, 40%+ cloud growth, and $180 target. DeepSeek loses ground. The post Alibaba (BABA) Stock

Hong Kong puts its own spin on DeepSeek with China-chip AI push abroad

A Hong Kong government-backed artificial intelligence lab is preparing to launch a new model built on DeepSeek that can run entirely on Chinese-made chips. The Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Centre (HKGAI) plans to unveil its HKGAI-V3 model in the first half of this year as it look

Who could gain from DeepSeek’s V4 with China chips poised for stronger demand?

DeepSeek’s launch of its latest artificial intelligence model could likely trigger a broad reassessment of stocks across the industry chain from chipmakers to large language model developers, analysts say, with the breakthrough poised to drive demand for computing power and more commercial adoption.

Italy closes antitrust probes into AI firms after commitments on 'hallucination' risks

Italy's competition watchdog has concluded probes into three AI firms. DeepSeek from China, Mistral AI from France, and Scaleup Yazilim Hizmetleri from Turkey faced scrutiny over AI hallucinations. The companies have committed to better informing users about inaccurate content. They will add disclai

DeepSeek adds image and video recognition to its main chatbot

A Chinese artificial intelligence company has added image and video recognition to its main chatbot. At the same time, local chip makers showed they can now match the fast launch support that used to be an American strength. DeepSeek, a company based in Hangzhou, quietly added a new feature called “

China tech giants race to secure Huawei AI chips

Chinese technology companies including ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba are reportedly racing to secure AI chips from Huawei after a spike in demand driven by the release of DeepSeek’s latest V4 AI model. The post <a href="https://www.mobileworldlive.com/old_latest-stories/china-tech-giants-

DeepSeek adds AI vision in major move: ‘the whale can now see’

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has added multimodal capabilities to its flagship chatbot for the first time – meaning that it can process images and video in addition to text – bringing it in line with rivals that already offer the function. The limited release to select users com

Big Chinese tech firms scramble to secure Huawei AI chips after DeepSeek V4 launch

Amidst the growing competition in artificial intelligence, Chinese tech behemoths are racing to secure Huawei's Ascend 950 AI chips. The urgency follows the debut of DeepSeek's V4 AI model, designed to optimize Huawei's cutting-edge hardware. Giants like ByteDance, Tencent, and Alibaba are urgently

Exclusive: Big Chinese tech firms scramble to secure Huawei AI chips after DeepSeek V4 launch, sources say

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DeepSeek mystery: who is speaking for start-up as CEO Liang Wenfeng remains out of sight?

The potential emergence of a new DeepSeek spokesman has sparked intrigue as speculation over the whereabouts of founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng continues, more than a year after his last public appearance. While the Hangzhou start-up’s latest V4 model did not make the same waves as its breakout moment

Distillation Diplomacy: State Department’s Cable Names Chinese AI Firms in US IP Theft Escalation

U.S. State Department cable targets DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax for distilling American AI models via massive query floods, escalating IP theft claims into global diplomacy a

China’s DeepSeek prices new V4 AI model at 97% below OpenAI’s GPT-5.5

DeepSeek has slashed prices on its artificial intelligence models, including its latest V4 which now costs 97 per cent less than OpenAI products, potentially triggering a price war in the highly competitive AI market. DeepSeek said on Sunday that it would reduce prices for “input cache hits” – where

AI did what? ChatGPT's big upgrade, Google’s plans to make AI invisible, DeepSeek’s return and more of the week’s most surprising developments

This week, AI is all about "super" apps, invisible apps and a geopolitical AI race.

DeepSeek Pitches Deep Discounts Amid Fierce AI Competition

DeepSeek has begun offering developers discounts amid increasing competition in China’s artificial intelligence (AI) space. The startup said in a post on social media platform X Monday (April 27) that it was offering a 75% discount to developers using its DeepSeek-V4-Pro model until May 5. The o

DeepSeek V4 Ships 1M Context, Open-Weights

DeepSeek shipped V4-Pro and V4-Flash preview models on April 24 under

DeepSeek V4 plugs into OpenClaw as it looks to reshape the economics of AI

‘Extraction and distillation’: US State Department upgrades AI theft accusations to target China’s Deepseek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax

The State Department says Chinese AI companies are 'distilling' US AI models.

"This Is Not Normal": China's DeepSeek Cuts New AI Model Fees, Again

"This Is Not Normal": China's DeepSeek Cuts New AI Model Fees, Again DeepSeek

DeepSeek Launches Massive 75% Price Cut on V4-Pro AI Model in Competitive Move

DeepSeek introduces 75% price cut on V4-Pro AI model until May 2026 and reduces API cache costs by 90% as AI pricing competition escalates globally. The post DeepSeek Launches Ma

The Download: DeepSeek’s latest AI breakthrough, and the race to build world models

This is today&#8217;s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what&#8217;s going on in the world of technology. Three reasons why DeepSeek’s new model matters On Friday, Chinese AI firm DeepSeek released a preview of V4, its long-awaited new flagship model. Nota

DeepSeek is cutting prices by 75% on its newest AI model to pressure U.S. rivals

The promotional discount runs through May 5 and adds to a separate cut that reduces cache pricing to one-tenth of prior levels

China Blocks Meta’s $2 Billion AI Deal; DeepSeek Slashes Prices | The Pulse 4/25

"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops. Today's guests: Simon Dangoor, Gol

DeepSeek’s latest AI model launch met with muted response

DeepSeek’s launch caused shockwaves to the AI industry

DeepSeek takes step away from Nvidia amid export curbs on China

DeepSeek is touting its ultra-low charges for models unveiled last week, stoking price competition as China challenges the United States in artificial intelligence (AI). Developers are being offered 75 per cent discounts on the newly released DeepSeek V4 Pro. Fees for input cache hits across the Han

DeepSeek slashes V4-Pro API pricing with major discount

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DeepSeek offers 75% discount on AI new model

DeepSeek, a leading AI lab based in Hangzhou, recently launched its latest flagship model, the DeepSeek-V4-Pro.

DeepSeek's new AI model does not wow markets in fast-changing industry

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DeepSeek offers 75% discount on V4-Pro as it challenges OpenAI and Google

China’s DeepSeek has introduced its V4-Pro AI model and is offering developers a 75 per cent discount until May 5. The company has also reduced API pricing significantly, positioning itself as a lower-cost alternative to rivals such as OpenAI, Google and Anthropic in the competitive AI market.

DeepSeek cuts V4-Pro prices by 75% and slashes cache costs across its entire API to a tenth

The promotional discount runs until 5 May 2026. Even at full price, V4-Pro already undercuts GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, and Gemini 3.1 Pro on per-token costs. The move is a direct challenge to the pricin

China's DeepSeek slashes prices for new AI model

China's DeepSeek slashes

DeepSeek Slashes Fees for New AI Model in Chinese Price War

DeepSeek is aggressively pitching low-priced-plans for its just-released flagship model, intensifying competition across a Chinese artificial intelligence industry trying to take on Silicon Valley’s best.

Why DeepSeek V4 Impresses Despite Lack of 'Wow' Factor

China's DeepSeek has rolled out preview versions of a new flagship artificial intelligence model, calling it its most powerful open-source platform. Bloomberg Intelligence's Robert Lea explains how the Chinese flagship system is hampered in some areas by a lack of access to Nvidia tech but playing t

DeepSeek V4 Shows That The Next AI Race Is About Efficiency

DeepSeek V4’s real breakthrough is cost-efficient long-context intelligence: it makes million-token reasoning cheaper and pushes open models closer to frontier systems.