Liang Wenfeng launches $7.4 billion financing, DeepSeek adheres to open-source AGI strategy

According to The Information, Liang Wenfeng was inspired by Claude Mythos to raise $7.4 billion for DeepSeek, with Liang Wenfeng contributing approximately RMB 20 billion. After the financing is completed, DeepSeek plans to double its recruitment scale and establish an employee stock ownership plan. The company is accelerating the adaptation of Huawei chips, but due to rewriting the underlying software, a new model has not been released for 15 months. Liang Wenfeng stated that programming tools and chatbots are both temporary products in the evolution of AI. The company's strategy is to adhere to open source, low price, and focus on AGI, and he believes that AI should not be controlled by a few people.