In a recent social media post, DeepSeek announced it is working to at least double the size of all its departments as its technology advances.
The company listed numerous open positions, including Server Development Engineer, Pre-training Data Engineer, AI Search Algorithm/Architecture Engineer, Agent Harness Team roles, Agent Infrastructure R&D Engineer, Front-end/Client Development Engineer, and AI cross-disciplinary technical talent.
DeepSeek stated in its recruitment announcement, "Humanity is currently on the eve of AGI. Join DeepSeek to experience the development process of AGI firsthand, sit in the front row of the era, and witness the birth of a new epoch."
According to previous media reports, DeepSeek recently completed its first round of external financing, raising approximately 51 billion yuan, with a valuation nearing 400 billion yuan. This marks one of the largest financing rounds for a startup in China. Founder Liang Wenfeng personally contributed 20 billion yuan, making him the largest investor in this round. Other investors included Tencent, CATL, JD.com, NetEase, and IDG Capital.
This large-scale expansion indicates DeepSeek is rapidly converting its raised capital into an expansion of personnel and capabilities. Following the announcement, market expectations that the rise of low-cost AI models could weaken the sustained demand for AI chip investments led to a brief intraday drop of 3.5% in Nvidia's stock price.
A report from research firm Exponential View shows that Chinese AI models are capturing an increasing share of the global market, with user numbers for open-weight and Chinese AI models, including DeepSeek and MiniMax, continuing to grow.
Data from the developer platform OpenRouter further confirms this trend: the share of token requests for models from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic on the platform has decreased from 72% in June 2025 to 33% in June 2026.
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