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  1. 2025-07top-16 chinese open-source listeu.36kr.comtop-16 chinese open-source list; arena standingsreportingsrc-ci-36kr-chinese-players
  2. 2025-02tsarynny: direct path to the prc claimabcnews.comtsarynny: "direct path to the prc" claimreportingsrc-ci-abc-feroot
  3. 2025-01-20r1 specs: 671b/37b moe, mit licenseai-tldr.devr1 specs: 671b/37b moe, mit, aime 79.8, 500+ hf derivativesreferencesrc-ci-ailtdr-r1
  4. 2026multi-model contamination auditalphaxiv.orgmulti-model contamination audit; r1 memorization signaturereportingsrc-ci-alphaxiv-contamination
  5. 2025-01-297-10 months older… on-trenddarioamodei.com"7-10 months older… on-trend"; controls more importantprimarysrc-ci-amodei-essay
  6. 2025-02obfuscated code→china mobile infra (feroot)associated pressobfuscated code→china mobile infra (feroot)reportingsrc-ci-ap-chinamobile
  7. 2025-02-07bipartisan bill coverageassociated pressbipartisan bill coveragereportingsrc-ci-ap-deepseek-bill
  8. 2025-02-073des hardcoded keysarstechnica.com3des hardcoded keys; bytedance serversreportingsrc-ci-arstechnica-nowsecure
  9. 2025-05censorship embedded in base modeldoi.orgcensorship embedded in base model; transfers to distillsreportingsrc-ci-arxiv-r1dacted
  10. 2026-04-26v4 tech report: csa/hca, mhc, muon, 32t tokensarxiv.orgv4 tech report: csa/hca, mhc, muon, 32t tokensreportingsrc-ci-arxiv-v4
  11. 2025-01-29inappropriately distilled quoteaxios"inappropriately distilled" quotereportingsrc-ci-axios-distillation
  12. 2025-01-29r1 in azure ai foundry + github catalogazure.microsoft.comr1 in azure ai foundry + github catalogreportingsrc-ci-azure-r1
  13. 2025-01war-room reporting referencebgr.comwar-room reporting referencereportingsrc-ci-bgr-meta
  14. 2025-01-27app-store #1 corroborationbusiness insiderapp-store #1 corroborationreportingsrc-ci-bi-appstore
  15. 2025-01-30leaked all-handsbusiness insiderleaked all-hands; "fortunately, they published"reportingsrc-ci-bi-zuckerberg-allhands
  16. 2025$6m… single, pristine training runboozallen.com"$6m… single, pristine training run"; unverified conversational abilityreposrc-ci-boozallen-primer
  17. 2025liangs preface to zuckermans simons book (2021)businesstimes.com.sgliang's preface to zuckerman's simons book (2021)referencesrc-ci-businesstimes-hedgefund
  18. 2025113 employeescacm.acm.org113 employees; $139m gpu stockpile; mar-2025 "national treasure" notereferencesrc-ci-cacm-inside
  19. 2025-01-28sheehan/winter-levycarnegieendowment.orgsheehan/winter-levy; marginal-cost caveat; controls→creativityreferencesrc-ci-carnegie-chips-explainer
  20. 2025-01chinatalk translationchinatalk.mediachinatalk translation; price-war "catfish" q&a; no-vc stancereportingsrc-ci-chinatalk-interview
  21. 2025-01-31100% harmbench asrblogs.cisco.com100% harmbench asr; cisco+pennreferencesrc-ci-cisco-security
  22. 2025-01-28navy all-hands ban emailcnbcnavy all-hands ban emailreportingsrc-ci-cnbc-navy
  23. 2025-02bill contextcomputerweekly.combill context; australia/taiwan referencesreportingsrc-ci-computerweekly-bill
  24. 2025-01-28nvidia −17%/$593bcomputerweekly.comnvidia −17%/$593b; "priced for perfection"reportingsrc-ci-computerweekly-sputnik
  25. 2025-02-07h.r.1121, the no-deepseek-on-government-devices actcongress.govh.r.1121 text; covers high-flyer successorsreportingsrc-ci-congress-hr1121
  26. 2025-01-29american standard open-source quoteconstellationr.com"american standard" open-source quotereferencesrc-ci-constellation-meta
  27. 2025-02energy-efficiency paradoxtheconversation.comenergy-efficiency paradoxreferencesrc-ci-conversation-jevons
  28. 2025-02apples-to-oranges cost accountingcreativestrategies.comapples-to-oranges cost accounting; altman/amodei figure scopingreferencesrc-ci-creativestrategies-myths
  29. 2023-05full 36kr dark surge q&ascrossingriver.substack.comfull 36kr "dark surge" q&as; contributor-not-freerider quotesreportingsrc-ci-crossingriver-interviews
  30. 2025-04-17$420m high-flyer fundingcyberscoop.com$420m high-flyer funding; semianalysis 60k chips figurereportingsrc-ci-cyberscoop-house
  31. 2026-05-29six-model practical comparisondailytopai.comsix-model practical comparison incl. v4 pro, k2.6, glm-5.1referencesrc-ci-dailytopai-compare
  32. 2025-08ft: r2 delayedthe-decoder.comft: r2 delayed; ascend training failed; revert to nvidiareportingsrc-ci-decoder-ascend
  33. 2025v2 (2024-05-06): ¥1/m inputfollowin.iov2 (2024-05-06): ¥1/m input; 1/70th gpt-4 turbo; "pinduoduo of ai"referencesrc-ci-followin-pricewar
  34. 2025-01-27ais sputnik moment postfortune"ai's sputnik moment" post; pre-market nvidia −10%reportingsrc-ci-fortune-andreessen-sputnik
  35. 2025-01-27nadellas jevons post verbatimfortunenadella's jevons post verbatimreportingsrc-ci-fortune-jevons
  36. 2025-05-02baby-bumps/lobsters disputefortunebaby-bumps/lobsters disputereportingsrc-ci-fortune-talltales
  37. 2025-01-30the garante order: totally insufficientgaranteprivacy.itorder text; "totally insufficient" responsereportingsrc-ci-garante-press
  38. 2025-01-30full provisiongaranteprivacy.itfull provision; app-store removal notedreportingsrc-ci-garante-provvedimento
  39. 2025-01-27nadella contextgeekwire.comnadella context; ives pushbackreportingsrc-ci-geekwire-jevons
  40. 2026-08v4-pro ga 2026-08-13geotoolbox.aiv4-pro ga 2026-08-13; price hike 08-16; benchmark caveatsreferencesrc-ci-geotoolbox-v4
  41. 2025-03-03english mirror of the disclosuregigazine.netenglish mirror of the disclosurereportingsrc-ci-gigazine-545
  42. 2025-02-06five alarm national security firegottheimer.house.gov"five alarm national security fire"; china mobile claimreportingsrc-ci-gottheimer-release
  43. 2025-01-28refusal string verbatimtheguardian.comrefusal string verbatimreportingsrc-ci-guardian-tiananmen
  44. 2025synthesis of both interviewsharrywang.mesynthesis of both interviews; "madly ambitious, madly sincere"reportingsrc-ci-harrywang-interview
  45. 2025-012021 investor apologyhindustantimes.com2021 investor apology; aum shrink >⅓ from $12b peak; liang bioreportingsrc-ci-hindustan-phoenix
  46. 2025-04-16deepseek unmaskedchinaselectcommittee.house.gov"deepseek unmasked"; 4 findings incl. china mobile backendreportingsrc-ci-house-select-report
  47. 2026-09the $74b raise and star ipo prephindustantimes.com$74b raise; $7.4b; catl/tencent investors; star ipo prepreportingsrc-ci-ht-valuation
  48. 2025-09-30secondary summary of caisi findingsitdoeswhatnow.comsecondary summary of caisi findingsreportingsrc-ci-idwn-caisi
  49. 2025optimization not revolution counter-takeifri.org"optimization not revolution" counter-take; 143 employeesreferencesrc-ci-ifri-deepseek-moment
  50. 2025-01elicit pro-ccp bias flagindependent.co.ukelicit "pro-ccp bias" flagreportingsrc-ci-independent-censorship
  51. 2025closed-source moat is short-lived quotejiexu.substack.com"closed-source moat is short-lived" quotereportingsrc-ci-jiexu-interview
  52. 2025-04-28service resumes after ~2 monthskoreaherald.comservice resumes after ~2 monthsreportingsrc-ci-koreaherald-resume
  53. 2025-04-24prompts→volcano enginekoreajoongangdaily.comprompts→volcano engine; stop 04-10; corrective orderreportingsrc-ci-koreajoongang-pipc
  54. 2025-02device fingerprintingkrebsonsecurity.comdevice fingerprinting; deanonymization riskreportingsrc-ci-krebs-privacy
  55. 2025analogy critiquelcfi.ac.ukanalogy critique; alphago/chatgpt prior "sputniks"reportingsrc-ci-lcfi-sputnik
  56. 2025-11-07k2 thinking beats gpt-5 on hle/browsecomplinkedink2 thinking beats gpt-5 on hle/browsecomp; huang "nanoseconds behind"reportingsrc-ci-linkedin-kimi
  57. 2025-01-27srinivas: us/eu-hosted, uncensoredmspoweruser.comsrinivas: us/eu-hosted, uncensoredreportingsrc-ci-mspoweruser-perplexity
  58. 2025-02singapore mti statementmti.gov.sgsingapore mti statementreportingsrc-ci-mti-singapore
  59. 2026cn vs us media framing studynature.comcn vs us media framing studyreportingsrc-ci-nature-discourse
  60. 2025-09-17$294k r1 training cost disclosednature.com$294k r1 training cost disclosed; first major peer-reviewed llmreportingsrc-ci-nature-secrets
  61. 2025-01-28real-time self-censoring observationsnbcnews.comreal-time self-censoring observationsreportingsrc-ci-nbc-censorship
  62. 2025-01-27wake-up call/positive developmentnbcnews.com"wake-up call"/"positive development"; sacks quotereportingsrc-ci-nbc-trump-wakeup
  63. 2025-09-30press releasenist.govpress release; lutnick quote via mlexreportingsrc-ci-nist-caisi-eval
  64. 2025-09-3019 benchmarksnist.gov19 benchmarks; 94% jailbreak compliance; 12x hijack; 4x ccp-alignedreposrc-ci-nist-caisi-pdf
  65. 2025-02-06ats disablednowsecure.comats disabled; unencrypted data; volcenginereferencesrc-ci-nowsecure
  66. 2025-01-28$600b nvidia lossnpr.org$600b nvidia loss; h800/2000-gpu/$5.6m; early cost skepticismreportingsrc-ci-npr-sputnik
  67. 2025-02-14jevons as industry comfort narrativethe new york timesjevons as industry comfort narrativereferencesrc-ci-nyt-jevons
  68. 2025-01-29openai reviewing evidencethe new york timesopenai reviewing evidence; tos distillation banreportingsrc-ci-nyt-openai-harvest
  69. 2025deepseek moment framingorfonline.org"deepseek moment" framing; inauguration-day timingreferencesrc-ci-orf-deepseek-moment
  70. 2025-01normalization milestone coverageuk.pcmag.comnormalization milestone coveragereportingsrc-ci-pcmag-integrations
  71. 2025-01-27what is deepseek? china shocks ai industryau.pcmag.comr1 $2.19 vs o1 $60 per m output tokensreportingsrc-ci-pcmag-what-is-deepseek
  72. 2025-04-24status-exam resultspipc.go.krstatus-exam results; third-party transfer findingsreportingsrc-ci-pipc-plenary
  73. 2025-01-31distilled r1-8b failuresblog.qualys.comdistilled r1-8b failuresreferencesrc-ci-qualys-jailbreak
  74. 2025-01-27what is deepseek and why is it disrupting the ai sectorreutersv3 <$6m; r1 "20–50x cheaper" per wechatreportingsrc-ci-reuters-explainer
  75. 2025-03-14baiont/wizard/mingshi followingreutersbaiont/wizard/mingshi following; renaissance/d.e.shaw framereportingsrc-ci-reuters-fundmanagers
  76. 2025-01-29¥100b portfolioreuters¥100b portfolio; 2023 agi pivot announcement textreportingsrc-ci-reuters-highflyer
  77. 2025-02-06ministry/defense/foreign blocksreutersministry/defense/foreign blocks; khnpreportingsrc-ci-reuters-korea-ministries
  78. 2025-02-17new-download suspensionreutersnew-download suspensionreportingsrc-ci-reuters-korea-pipc-suspend
  79. 2025-06-23willingly provided military supportreuters"willingly provided" military support; 150+ pla refs; shell companiesreportingsrc-ci-reuters-military
  80. 2025-02-28singapore charges three with fraudreuters3 charged; media link to deepseek chip flowreportingsrc-ci-reuters-singapore-fraud
  81. 2025-09openai-distillation denial in referee exchangescientificamerican.comopenai-distillation denial in referee exchange; h800 mainreportingsrc-ci-sciam-secrets
  82. 2025-03-01545% theoreticalscmp.com545% theoretical; 226.75 nodes×8×h800; $87k→$562kreportingsrc-ci-scmp-545-margin
  83. 2025-01the real costs and computing power, debatedscmp.com2.8m gpu-hr/$5.6m; high-flyer spend trail (¥200m/¥1b)reportingsrc-ci-scmp-cost-debate
  84. 2025-01-30distillation industry-commonscmp.comdistillation industry-common; deepseek hasn't admittedreportingsrc-ci-scmp-distillation
  85. 2025-09questmobile aug 2025: doubao 157m vs deepseek 143m mauscmp.comquestmobile aug 2025: doubao 157m vs deepseek 143m maureportingsrc-ci-scmp-doubao-users
  86. 2026-01one-year retrospectivescmp.comone-year retrospective; kevin xu quotereferencesrc-ci-scmp-year-on
  87. 2025-02-04o1 26% vs r1 100% comparisonsecurityweek.como1 26% vs r1 100% comparisonreportingsrc-ci-securityweek-jailbreak
  88. 2026-08-14up-to-12x cache-hit hikeen.sedaily.comup-to-12x cache-hit hike; peak/off-peak split; ipo contextreportingsrc-ci-sedaily-price-hike
  89. 2025-01-29notes essay omits open-weights pointsimonwillison.netnotes essay omits open-weights pointreportingsrc-ci-simonwillison-amodei
  90. 2025-01-29v3 dec 2024 → r1 jan 20 → janus jan 28 timelinesydney.edu.auv3 dec 2024 → r1 jan 20 → janus jan 28 timelinereferencesrc-ci-sydney-explainer
  91. 2026the teardown: $5.576m real but narrowtheteardown.coteardown: $5.576m real-but-narrow; doubao overtook; r2 slipped; v4 trails 3–6 moreferencesrc-ci-teardown
  92. 2025-01-29coverage of amodei essaytechcrunchcoverage of amodei essayreportingsrc-ci-techcrunch-amodei
  93. 2025-01-30coverage of wiz findingtechcrunchcoverage of wiz findingreportingsrc-ci-techcrunch-database
  94. 2025-01-29hundreds of billions capex pledgetechcrunch"hundreds of billions" capex pledgereportingsrc-ci-techcrunch-zuck
  95. 2024-05doubao at ¥0.0008/1k tokens; 99.3% cuttechflowpost.comdoubao ¥0.0008/1k tokens; 99.3% cut; sector-wide price warreportingsrc-ci-techflow-doubao
  96. 2025-02-03semianalysis figures amplifiedtechspot.comsemianalysis figures amplifiedreportingsrc-ci-techspot-16b
  97. 2025-08-22v3.1's ue8m0 fp8 for domestic chipstheregister.comv3.1 ue8m0 fp8 for next-gen domestic chipsreportingsrc-ci-theregister-v31
  98. 2026-09-10deepseek launches v4.1-flashtime.newsv4.1-flash multimodal; citic for star iporeportingsrc-ci-timenews-v41
  99. 2026the significant price-rise warningthe next webthe "significant" price-rise warningreportingsrc-ci-tnw-price-rise
  100. 2025-02-17ny/va/or/nc state actionstomsguide.comny/va/or/nc state actionsreportingsrc-ci-tomsguide-bans
  101. 2025-05-01customs-documented casestomshardware.comcustoms-documented casesreportingsrc-ci-tomshardware-lobsters
  102. 2025-02singapore share of nvidia revenue 9%→22%tomshardware.comsingapore share of nvidia revenue 9%→22%reportingsrc-ci-tomshardware-singapore
  103. 2025-09-29v3.2-exp ships day-1 ascend/cann supporttomshardware.comv3.2-exp day-1 ascend/cann/vllm supportreportingsrc-ci-tomshardware-v32-cann
  104. 2025the chinese open-weights landscapeturingpost.comkimi k2/r1/qwen3/glm-4.5 comparative landscapereferencesrc-ci-turingpost-chinesemodels
  105. 2025-02deceptive delight/bad likert/crescendo bypassesorigin-unit42.paloaltonetworks.comdeceptive delight/bad likert/crescendo bypassesreferencesrc-ci-unit42-jailbreak
  106. 2025-01-20r1 launch-day coverageventurebeatr1 launch-day coverage; vendor benchmark claimsreportingsrc-ci-venturebeat-r1
  107. 2025-01-29openai evidence claimthe vergeopenai evidence claim; msft api exfiltration; sacks quotereportingsrc-ci-verge-distillation
  108. 2025-01-29strengthened our convictionthe verge"strengthened our conviction"; inference computereportingsrc-ci-verge-zuckerberg
  109. 2026high-flyer on wikipediawikipediafounding feb 2016; fire-flyer i/ii; aum $10b dec 2025referencesrc-ci-wikipedia-highflyer
  110. 2025-02-23high-flyer→deepseek timeline chartedthewirechina.comhigh-flyer→deepseek timeline chartedreferencesrc-ci-wirechina-highflyer
  111. 2025-01app-layer vs in-weights censorship layerswiredapp-layer vs in-weights censorship layersreportingsrc-ci-wired-censorship
  112. 2025-01-31didnt stop a single onewired"didn't stop a single one"; sampath quotereportingsrc-ci-wired-jailbreak
  113. 2025-01wired origin storynehtuswired origin story; liang "never funding, but export control" quote; epoch ai 1/10 computereportingsrc-ci-wired-made-model
  114. 2025-01-29open clickhousewiz.ioopen clickhouse; >1m log lines; chat history+keysreferencesrc-ci-wiz-database
  115. 2025-07-21second deepseek moment — kimi k2xpert.digital"second deepseek moment" — kimi k2referencesrc-ci-xpert-kimi
  116. 2025-05post-mortem of the january panics narrative factorsthezvi.substack.compost-mortem of the january panic's "narrative factors"reportingsrc-ci-zvi-r1-0528
  117. 2025-09the first cfo: yan wentaom.163.comcfo yan wentao (b.1991, hillhouse); 2009 internship anecdotereportingsrc-hp-163-cfo
  118. 2026-01-14high-flyer 2025: +56.55%, >rmb 70b21jingji.com2025 return 56.55% (#2); >rmb 70b aum; 3/5-yr meansreportingsrc-hp-21jingji-hf2025
  119. 2025-01-14registered address: 汇金国际大厦西1幢1201室21jingji.comregistered address: 汇金国际大厦西1幢1201室reportingsrc-hp-21jingji-office
  120. 2023-05-24first-ever liang interviewm.36kr.comfirst-ever liang interview; naming of 深度求索; gpu ladder quote; funding logicinterviewsrc-hp-36kr-interview1
  121. 2024-07-17the canonical techno-idealism interview (于丽丽/暗涌)36kr.comthe canonical "techno-idealism" interview (于丽丽/暗涌)interviewsrc-hp-36kr-interview2
  122. 2025-02-06which countries have banned deepseek and whyaljazeera.comnasa jan-31; australia feb-4; korea ministriesreportingsrc-hp-aljazeera-bans
  123. 2025allen's house testimony: the $5.576m mathrepublicans-science.house.govcsis's allen house testimony: $5.576m math; oct-7-2022 controls; h800 workaround historyreferencesrc-hp-allen-testimony
  124. 2026-02-23anthropics own account: 24k accts/16m exchangesanthropicanthropic's own account: 24k accts/16m exchanges; ds 150k+primarysrc-hp-anthropic
  125. 2025-01-31texas first state-level banassociated presstexas first state-level banreportingsrc-hp-ap-texas
  126. 2026-09the api changelog: v4-pro ga 2026-08-13api-docs.deepseek.comv4-pro ga 8/13/26; vision-exp 8/21/26; v4.1-flash 9/10/26primarysrc-hp-api-changelog
  127. 2025-01-15official app announcementdeepseek.comofficial app announcementprimarysrc-hp-app-news
  128. 2025-06-25state dept official allegationasiatimes.comstate dept official allegation; wang 50k-h100 claim; nvidia "lawfully acquired h800"; v3=2048 h800sreportingsrc-hp-asiatimes
  129. 2026-09liang wenfeng bio: b.1985, wuchuan, zjubaike.baidu.combio: b.1985 wuchuan; zju; timeline incl. li qiang symposium, huang meeting, hurunreferencesrc-hp-baidu-liang
  130. 2025the jacobi-to-high-flyer historybianews.comjacobi 2013; name origins; 80k-capital story; dji's wang tao; aum ladder; 4 partners; donationsreportingsrc-hp-bianews-history
  131. 2026-02-23accusation coveragebloombergaccusation coveragereportingsrc-hp-bloomberg-anthropic
  132. 2026-07-14liang tops amodei and brockman as richest ai founderbloomberg$36b; richest ai-model founderreportingsrc-hp-bloomberg-liang-rich
  133. 2024-10-21top china quant winds down strategybloomberg>rmb 50b; hedged products to zeroreportingsrc-hp-bloomberg-neutral
  134. 2026-04-26v4 delayed for ascend-tuned stack (yuyuantantian)bloombergv4 delayed for ascend-tuned stack (yuyuantantian)reportingsrc-hp-bloomberg-v4delay
  135. 2025-02-10feb-2025 valuation-range debate ($1b vs $150b)bloombergfeb-2025 valuation-range debate ($1b vs $150b)reportingsrc-hp-bloomberg-wealth-feb
  136. 2025-01-27nvidia −17%/−$600b single-biggest one-day losswayback machinenvidia −17%/−$600b "single-biggest one-day loss"; ives $8b liang assetsarchivesrc-hp-cbs-nvidia
  137. 2026-05-09the may 2026 round; the fewest-conditions stancechaincatcher.comsame round; liang's "fewest conditions" stancereportingsrc-hp-chaincatcher-funding
  138. 2026-09registry-derived ownership chain (99% chengen)champsignal.comregistry-derived ownership chain (99% cheng'en)referencesrc-hp-champsignal
  139. 2026-02-24the anthropic distillation figurescnbcminimax 13m / moonshot 3.4m / ds 150k; openai letter earlier in febreportingsrc-hp-cnbc-anthropic
  140. 2025-01-31nasa memo verbatimcnbcnasa memo verbatim; navy email late janreportingsrc-hp-cnbc-nasa
  141. 2026-05may-8 round launchcoinlive.commay-8 round launch; liang's rmb 20b; ff1/ff2 cost figures; ~84% controlreportingsrc-hp-coinlive-funding
  142. 2025-03~130 ds / ~200 hf staffthe-decoder.com~130 ds / ~200 hf staff; wsj us-travel warningreportingsrc-hp-decoder-travel
  143. 2023-11-02first public modelgithubfirst public model; 1–33b; 2t tokensreposrc-hp-deepseekcoder-github
  144. 2023-11-297b/67b dense llmsgithub7b/67b dense llmsreposrc-hp-deepseekllm-github
  145. 2024-02-05the deepseek-math repo — grpogithubmath-7b (arxiv 2402.03300); grpo; author listreposrc-hp-deepseekmath-github
  146. 2025law-firm equity-structure analysisdehehantong.comlaw-firm equity-structure analysis; 17 jul 2023, rmb 10m, liang >80% via chengpu/cheng'enreportingsrc-hp-dehehantong-equity
  147. 2025-02-11~150 staff; the gold-medal hiring repdonga.com~150 staff; gold-medal hiring rep; no kpis/titles; >bytedance payreportingsrc-hp-donga
  148. 2025chengdu apartment starteuropeantech.newschengdu apartment start; "freelancer till 2013"; ~rmb60bn/$8bn since 2015 launchreportingsrc-hp-europeantech
  149. 2024-08fire-flyer ai-hpc paperarxiv.orgfire-flyer ai-hpc paper; 10k pcie a100; authors "deepseek ai" incl. wenfeng liangprimarysrc-hp-fireflyer-paper
  150. 2025-02the flashmla repogithubflashmla; v3.2 sparse-kernel updatesreposrc-hp-flashmla
  151. 2026-09the forbes liang profile: $39.8bforbes$39.8b; "$7.4b raised june 2026 at $52b"referencesrc-hp-forbes-liang
  152. 2025-01-27jan-27 sellofffortunejan-27 selloff; app #1; andreessen quotereportingsrc-hp-fortune
  153. 2026-05-09alibaba collapsegate.comalibaba collapse; ~$45b; tencent 20% declined; ic-fund lead possibility; hf 56.55% on 70breportingsrc-hp-gate-funding
  154. 202664 quotes from investor call — purported leakgeopolitechs.org"64 quotes from investor call" — purported leak; unverifiedcommunitysrc-hp-geopolitechs-quotes
  155. 2025-01-29openai/ft evidence claimgizmodo.comopenai/ft evidence claim; sacks "substantial evidence"; microsoft api flagreportingsrc-hp-gizmodo-distill
  156. 2026corroboration of 10 departuresgogoai.xincorroboration of 10 departuresreportingsrc-hp-gogoai-departures
  157. 2025-01-2810k a100 stockpile (2023 interview)gpb.org10k a100 stockpile (2023 interview); 2,000+ h800; export-control windowreportingsrc-hp-gpb-sputnik
  158. 2025-04-17huang–liang meetingtheguardian.comhuang–liang meeting; house committee letter to nvidiareportingsrc-hp-guardian-huang
  159. 2026-09guos own page: ai researcher in deepseek, july 2023–april 2026 + core-contributor listsguoday.github.ioguo's own page: "ai researcher in deepseek, july 2023–april 2026" + core-contributor listsprimarysrc-hp-guoday
  160. 2022the hfai blog: the 10k-a100 clusterhigh-flyer.cngtc-2022 blog: 10k-a100 cluster, ≥90% util, 3fs/hfreduce/hfai.nn, 50+ labs, 2.7m gpu-hrsprimarysrc-hp-hfai-blog
  161. 2026-09the high-flyer fund pagehigh-flyer.cnofficial fund page: 2008 start, 21 oct 2016 first dl trade, full ai 2017, amac/sfc entitiesprimarysrc-hp-highflyer-fund-en
  162. 2026-09official timeline 2008–2022high-flyer.cnofficial timeline 2008–2022; ff1/ff2 specs+costs; donations; hq address 汇金国际大厦a座14层primarysrc-hp-highflyer-history
  163. 2026-09fire-flyer ii stats (8tb/s read, feb-2022 stats)high-flyer.cnfire-flyer ii stats (8tb/s read, feb-2022 stats)primarysrc-hp-highflyer-home
  164. 2026-09release-date compilation (coder 11/2, llm 11/29/23…)deepseekai.guiderelease-date compilation (coder 11/2, llm 11/29/23…)referencesrc-hp-history-guide
  165. 2026alternate sizing (≥$300m / ≥$10b) — conflictshtx.comalternate sizing (≥$300m / ≥$10b) — conflicts; included for completenessreportingsrc-hp-htx-funding
  166. 2025-02-05post-r1 pilgrimage scenehuacheng.gz-cmc.compost-r1 pilgrimage scene; deepseek declined all interviewsreportingsrc-hp-huacheng-office
  167. 2025thesis title, advisor xiang zhiyu, chengdu yearsinterestingengineering.comthesis title, advisor xiang zhiyu, chengdu years; gives 22-may-1985 (single-source)referencesrc-hp-ie-liang
  168. 2025-04-17ft detail: compliant next-gen chip designs discussedirishtimes.comft detail: compliant next-gen chip designs discussedreportingsrc-hp-irishtimes-huang
  169. 2025entity namesjamestown.orgentity names; lu zhengzhe ceo; yicai apr-17-2023; $1t market-loss framingreportingsrc-hp-jamestown
  170. 2019-12first product mar-2015jiemian.comfirst product mar-2015; two 百亿 entitiesreportingsrc-hp-jiemian-scale
  171. 2024-07-17annotated mirrorlaojinchuhai.comannotated mirror; calls it his only deep text interviewarchivesrc-hp-laojinchuhai
  172. 2026-07r2 status: unannounced, unreleased as of jul-2026layer3labs.ior2 status: unannounced, unreleased as of jul-2026; delay reporting recapreportingsrc-hp-layer3-r2
  173. 2025~84% deepseek, ≥76% high-flyerlegalclarity.org~84% deepseek, ≥76% high-flyer; april-2023 lab announcementreportingsrc-hp-legalclarity
  174. 2026-09deepseek on linkedin: the $7.4b roundlinkedin$7.4b venture round 2026-06-01; hiring/alumni flowsreferencesrc-hp-linkedin-ds
  175. 2025-11-27math-v2: imo-25 & cmo-24 gold-levelarxiv.orgmath-v2: imo-25 & cmo-24 gold-level; putnam 118/120primarysrc-hp-mathv2
  176. 2025-11-27authors: shao, luo, lu, ren, hu, ye, gou, ma, zhanggithubauthors: shao, luo, lu, ren, hu, ye, gou, ma, zhangreposrc-hp-mathv2-github
  177. 2025-01-29app released jan 10 on ios+androidmobiledevmemo.comapp released jan 10 on ios+androidreportingsrc-hp-mobiledevmemo
  178. 2026-09the deepseek model historychat-deep.aiv3.1 hybrid design, ~840b added tokens; v3.2 stagesreferencesrc-hp-model-history
  179. 2025-09-17r1 peer-reviewednature.comr1 peer-reviewed; nature 645:633–638; received feb-14, accepted jul-17primarysrc-hp-nature-r1
  180. 2024-10-19neutral exit detailsm.nbd.com.cnneutral exit details; sept-11 earlier notice; <5% aumreportingsrc-hp-nbd-neutral
  181. 2025-02-05reporters at registered addressnbd.com.cnreporters at registered address; hangzhou+beijing entities; no interviews; million-yuan job postsreportingsrc-hp-nbd-office
  182. 2025$14b peak aumndtv.com$14b peak aum; ~35% best-year annualized (reported)reportingsrc-hp-ndtv
  183. 2026v4 report ~300 authorsnewsglobenow.comv4 report ~300 authors; 10 flagged departed; destinationsreportingsrc-hp-newsglobe-departures
  184. 2025-01-27how deepseek trained on crippled hardwarenextplatform.comv3 671b/37b, 14.8t tokens; h800 analysisreportingsrc-hp-nextplatform
  185. 2025-02-24open source week indexgithubopen source week index; daily drops listreposrc-hp-openinfra
  186. 2025-04-30prover-v2 (7b/671b), lean 4githubprover-v2 (7b/671b), lean 4reposrc-hp-prover-github
  187. 2026-09zhejiang jiuzhang on the registrym.qcc.com浙江九章资产 est. 2015-06-11; legal rep xu jin; ex-name 杭州幻方科技primarysrc-hp-qcc-jiuzhang
  188. 2026-09杭州幻方科技 personnel/patentsqcc.com杭州幻方科技 personnel/patents; news tickers incl. feb-2025 funding-rumor denialsprimarysrc-hp-qcc-members
  189. 2025-08-07li cheng/meng pengfei rmb-118m rebate casenews.qq.comli cheng/meng pengfei rmb-118m rebate case; gao xiangreportingsrc-hp-qq-corruption
  190. 2024-10-20q3-2024 aum estnews.qq.comq3-2024 aum est. rmb 50–60breportingsrc-hp-qq-neutral
  191. 2025-08-14huawei onsite teamtheregister.comhuawei onsite team; ascend→inference-only; no fp8reportingsrc-hp-register-huawei
  192. 2025-01-31commerce probereuterscommerce probe; singapore/malaysia/uae smuggling tracking; h800 legal in 2023reportingsrc-hp-reuters-chips
  193. 2025-01-30garante block orderreutersgarante block orderreportingsrc-hp-reuters-italy
  194. 2025-01-28one of nine speakersreutersone of nine speakers; >rmb 100b end-2021 aumreportingsrc-hp-reuters-liang
  195. 2025-08-14ft: ascend training failure delayed r2reutersft: ascend training failure delayed r2reportingsrc-hp-reuters-r2ft
  196. 2025-06-26deepseek-r2 launch stalled; ceo balksreutersr2 stalled; liang unsatisfied; planned mayreportingsrc-hp-reuters-r2june
  197. 2024sc24 proceedings listing + full author listsc24.supercomputing.orgsc24 proceedings listing + full author listprimarysrc-hp-sc24
  198. 2025-01-21jan-20 li qiang symposiumscmp.comjan-20 li qiang symposiumreportingsrc-hp-scmp-liqiang
  199. 2026-09the deepseek release-date timelinescriptbyai.com2025-26 release dates (v3.1 8/21, terminus 9/22, v3.2-exp 9/29, v3.2 12/1…)referencesrc-hp-scriptbyai-timeline
  200. 2025-01-31~50k hopper-class estimate (10k h800 + 10k h100 + h20 orders)newsletter.semianalysis.com~50k hopper-class estimate (10k h800 + 10k h100 + h20 orders); >$500m; shared hf/ds resourcesreportingsrc-hp-semianalysis
  201. undatedxu jin career (getui founder, huawei)dc.simuwang.comxu jin career (getui founder, huawei); ningbo lp est. 2016-02-15; core-member listreferencesrc-hp-simuwang-xujin
  202. 2025-08-11case detailsfinance.sina.com.cncase details; company denial of corporate involvement; >rmb 60b mid-2025reportingsrc-hp-sina-corruption
  203. 2026-01-18jiuzhang equity: liang 85%, zheng and xu 7.5% eachfinance.sina.com.cnjiuzhang entity: liang 85%, zheng/xu 7.5% eachreportingsrc-hp-sina-jiuzhang
  204. 2026departures list inclsubstackdepartures list incl. guo daya (apr 2026), grpo, 37k citationscommunitysrc-hp-sinocism-departures
  205. 2025-02-17feb-17 xi symposium confirmed via yuyuantantianthestandard.com.hkfeb-17 xi symposium confirmed via yuyuantantianreportingsrc-hp-standard-xi
  206. 2021-12-29the record-drawdown apologynews.stcn.com证券时报: dec-28 apology, 10.66% record drawdown, 497 products, nov-15/25 measuresreportingsrc-hp-stcn-apology
  207. 2026-09guo profile: sysu phd, msra, codebertai.techbuzzchina.comguo profile: sysu phd, msra, codebertreferencesrc-hp-techbuzz-guo
  208. 2025-022008 stock-dabbling triotechcentral.co.za2008 stock-dabbling trio; no overseas experience; systematic turn 2015reportingsrc-hp-techcentral-liang
  209. 2025-01-27#1 us app store jan 26techcrunch#1 us app store jan 26; 51 countries (appfigures)reportingsrc-hp-techcrunch-appstore
  210. 2025-02-03italy/taiwan/navy/texas ban rounduptechcrunchitaly/taiwan/navy/texas ban roundupreportingsrc-hp-techcrunch-bans
  211. 2025-03-14travel curbs + zhejiang investor screeningtechcrunchtravel curbs + zhejiang investor screeningreportingsrc-hp-techcrunch-watch
  212. 2025-02-14pre-meeting reporting (bloomberg)techcrunchpre-meeting reporting (bloomberg)reportingsrc-hp-techcrunch-xi
  213. 2025-03-28hurun debut rmb 33btechnode.comhurun debut rmb 33b; >80% stakereportingsrc-hp-technode-hurun
  214. 2025-01-06v3 launch 12/26/24news.qq.comv3 launch 12/26/24; schmidt quote; aum 200–300亿 claim; ff1/ff2 figuresreportingsrc-hp-tencent-quant
  215. 2019full text of liangs golden bull speechdeveloper.cloud.tencent.comfull text of liang's golden bull speecharchivesrc-hp-tencentcloud-speech
  216. 2021-12-29verbatim apology quotesm.thepaper.cnverbatim apology quotes; wechat "千万莫动手" screenshotreportingsrc-hp-thepaper-apology
  217. 2025-09-29the deepseek-v3.2-exp repogithubv3.2-exp, deepseek sparse attentionreposrc-hp-v32-github
  218. 2026-04-24the v4 preview: pro + flash, 1m contextdeepseek.comv4 preview: pro 1.6t/49b, flash 284b/13b, 1m ctxprimarysrc-hp-v4-news
  219. 2026-09-10the deepseek-v4.1-flash announcementdeepseek.comv4.1-flash, native multimodal; v4-pro phase-outprimarysrc-hp-v41-news
  220. 2026-02-23censorship-safe prompt detailthe verge"censorship-safe" prompt detail; openai letter quotereportingsrc-hp-verge-anthropic
  221. 2025-01>$500b nvidia lossthe verge>$500b nvidia loss; r1 $5.6m claim; "agi" liang quotereportingsrc-hp-verge-deepseek
  222. 2025-03the information: passports held by high-flyerthe vergethe information: passports held by high-flyerreportingsrc-hp-verge-passports
  223. 2024-07-18full-text mirror used for verbatim quoteswallstreetcn.comfull-text mirror used for verbatim quotesinterviewsrc-hp-wallstreetcn-interview2
  224. 2026-0917 jul 2023 foundingwikipedia17 jul 2023 founding; 160 staff; release table; anthropic notereferencesrc-hp-wiki-deepseek
  225. 2026-09feb 2016 incorporationwikipediafeb 2016 incorporation; founders; aum $10b (dec 2025); 160 staff (2021)referencesrc-hp-wiki-highflyer
  226. 2026-091985 / zhanjiang / zju meng 2010wikidata.org1985 / zhanjiang / zju meng 2010referencesrc-hp-wikidata-liang
  227. 2025-02-25letting research reports speaktthmx.com"letting research reports speak"; api pricing change notereportingsrc-hp-xinhua-office
  228. 2019-09-09same text, datedxueqiu.comsame text, dated; "基金经理就是一堆服务器"archivesrc-hp-xueqiu-speech
  229. undatedsite-visit profile w/ xu jin interview: founder/classmate structure, ai/pricing splitm.ylcf.com.cnsite-visit profile w/ xu jin interview: founder/classmate structure, ai/pricing splitreportingsrc-hp-ylcf-visit
  230. 2017-06-08zju page: xu jin bio — chu kochen mixed class, signal-processing phd, yutu rover navzju.edu.cnzju page: xu jin bio — chu kochen mixed class, signal-processing phd, yutu rover navprimarysrc-hp-zju-xujin

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