DeepSeek is a Chinese AI firm specializing in large language models (LLMs). Founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, a co-founder of hedge fund High-Flyer, the company develops open-source AI models.
Japan’s SoftBank is in talks to invest $15-25 billion in OpenAI in a deal that would make it the ChatGPT-maker’s biggest financial backer, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.