What's next for DeepSeek? AI start-up stays mum amid post-holiday plaudits
Published: 7:00pm, 5 Feb 2025 But DeepSeek's head office in Hangzhou , capital of eastern Zhejiang province, on Wednesday kept mum on the firm's potential next moves, as it declined all requests from news media, including the South China Morning Post. More security personnel were deployed outside its office building on the same day, according to one of the guards on site who declined to be identified.
The property management at its building ushered all uninvited visitors to a room to turn down their requests for a visit. The entrance to DeepSeek's offices on the 12th floor of the building was locked, while a peek through its glass doors showed holiday decorations scattered on the floor. According to a source familiar with the company, DeepSeek was as surprised as others on the impact of its two new open-source models, DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1 , in the global AI market. The unassuming facade of the commercial office building in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province, that is home to artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek. Photo: Wency Chen
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