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 327 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #907 (top 0.5%) among 483,652 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 1,107,695 accounts and has published 177 posts on the platform. DeepSeek has been mentioned by 797 accounts, with 1,423 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow DeepSeek include 1,600 founders, 366 angel investors, 689 influencers and 23 VCs. Among them are Erik Voorhees, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk, Laura Shin and Stani.