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How DeepSeek (open-weight LLMs) is funded
- origin
- CN
- host
- DeepSeek (Hangzhou), owned by High-Flyer quant fund
- host type
- company
- licence
- MIT (code and V3/R1 weights)
| Channel | Finding | Label | Ev. |
|---|---|---|---|
| employer developers | in-house team only | fact | B |
| foundation budget | n/a | fact | B |
| public grants | none documented | inference | C |
| corporate sponsorship | n/a | fact | B |
| commercial model | low-price API; financed by High-Flyer fund profits | fact | B |
| donations | none | fact | B |
dominant channel: corporate (High-Flyer)
top funder: High-Flyer
top funder share: 100%
funder nationality: CN
evidence: B