DeepSeek is an AI research company and large language model developer founded by Liang Wenfeng, focused on advancing artificial general intelligence through open-weight model releases. DeepSeek's Twitter Score is 326 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #903 (top 0.5%) among 493,607 tracked accounts.
DeepSeek was founded in 2023 and is owned and funded by High-Flyer, a Chinese hedge fund, with Liang Wenfeng serving as Founder and CEO. The company launched its chatbot alongside the DeepSeek-R1 model in January 2025, drawing significant attention for its open-weight approach, which shares model parameters while keeping training data proprietary. Its API uses an OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible format, with models including deepseek-v4-flash, lowering the barrier for developers to integrate its capabilities.
DeepSeek reported a large-scale malicious attack on January 27, 2025, which temporarily limited new user registrations on its platform. The company maintains a presence through its DeepSeek GitHub organization and its API documentation. DeepSeek has attracted a following of 1,139,888 accounts and has published 184 posts on the platform. DeepSeek has been mentioned by 879 accounts, with 1,599 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow DeepSeek include 1,631 founders, 369 angel investors, 693 influencers and 23 VCs. Among them are Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk, Erik Voorhees, Laura Shin and Stani.