
Shenzhen Futian and Guangzhou Launch 'AI Civil Servants': Deploying DeepSeek Large Model Covering 240 Scenarios



DeepSeek launches DeepSeek-V4 preview series as open-source, achieving million-character ultra-long context and leading domestic Agent collaboration and knowledge reasoning. Offers Pro (1.6T parameters, 49B activated) and Flash versions; Pro matches top closed-source models, Flash balances efficiency.....
AI unicorn DeepSeek has launched its first external fundraising round, targeting a valuation over $20 billion, with Tencent and Alibaba expressing interest. Despite relying on founder Liang Wenfeng's quantitative trading funds and having no urgent need for capital, the move aims to retain key talent through equity incentives amid recent departures of core members like R1 paper author Guo Daya and researcher Wang Bingxuan.....
Tencent and Alibaba are competing to invest in the new round of financing for domestic large model company DeepSeek, pushing its valuation target from $10 billion to over $20 billion. Previously, DeepSeek sought to raise $300 million at a $1 billion valuation, and the market's premium expectations for leading independent model vendors have significantly increased. The company is expected to release its new generation model, DeepSeek v4, this month.
DeepSeek officially announced that the API has been upgraded to the million-token context version, consistent with the App and web version. Previously, it was only 128k tokens. This update significantly improves the coherence of conversations and the richness of information. At the same time, the knowledge base has been updated to May 2025, allowing users to accurately access information up to that point even without an internet connection.
The domestic AI native application market is growing rapidly, with monthly active users exceeding 440 million. The industry's leading effect is evident, and leading applications such as Doubao, Qwen, and DeepSeek are in fierce competition.