AI lab · updated 22 October 2026
Is DeepSeek winning the AI race?
Not right now. DeepSeek is #6 of 10 on the AI Race index, 20.5 points behind the leader, Meta.
#6 73.8 −0.1 in 24h
DeepSeek at a glance
- Flagship model
- DeepSeek V4.1-Flash, released 2026-09
- Based in
- Hangzhou, CN
- Valuation
- First outside round (Jun 2026), ≈ $52B implied by a Chinese exchange filing (Reuters, Jul 2026); second round at ~$74B pre-money reportedly in talks, unconfirmed
- Attention, 24h
- 69/100 · 100+ stories, 7 HN points (not counted in the index)
The efficiency shock. Frontier-class results on a fraction of the budget.
What the score is made of
| Component | Weight | DeepSeek |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 55% | 79.0 |
| Release velocity | 25% | 66.4 |
| Compute & capital | 20% | 69.0 |
The index is a 7-day average. Capability comes from the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and LMArena, release velocity from model launches on OpenRouter, and capital from valuations or market caps. News attention is shown but never counted. How the index works.
Latest DeepSeek models
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · 17 October 2026
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · 10 September 2026
- DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp · 21 August 2026
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 · 12 August 2026
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 · 31 July 2026
DeepSeek in the news
- DeepSeek Raises $15B to Rival OpenAI and Anthropic · TipRanks
- DeepSeek Raises 100 Billion Yuan in Funding Round · marketscreener.com
- DeepSeek nears $15 billion funding round backed by Tencent, CATL · China Daily
- DeepSeek wrapping up US$15 billion fundraising to fuel AI race · Awani International
- Why Large Model Manufacturers Fail to Secure Definitive Positions in the Embodied Intelligence Field · eu.36kr.com
- DeepSeek raises $15 billion to challenge Anthropic, OpenAI and other US AI labs · Livemint
- Washington’s DeepSeek ban exposes the limits of America’s AI containment strategy - BLiTZ - Fears None But God · BLiTZ - Fears None But God
- Tencent and CATL back DeepSeek's $15B funding round to challenge top US AI labs: report · TradingView
How DeepSeek compares
| # | Lab | Index | 24h | Flagship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meta | 94.3 | −0.1 | Muse Wonder |
| 2 | Anthropic | 91.6 | −0.1 | Claude Opus 5.5 |
| 3 | Google DeepMind | 89.7 | −0.1 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 4 | Alibaba Qwen | 80.6 | −0.1 | Qwen3.8-Max |
| 5 | OpenAI | 80.4 | ±0.0 | GPT-6 Astra |
| 6 | DeepSeek | 73.8 | −0.1 | DeepSeek V4.1-Flash |
| 7 | xAI | 70.8 | −0.1 | Grok 4.7 |
| 8 | Moonshot AI | 58.8 | ±0.0 | Kimi K3 |
| 9 | Mistral AI | 56.5 | ±0.0 | Mistral Large 4 |
| 10 | Apple | 50.1 | ±0.0 | Siri AI (iOS 27) |
Head to head: OpenAI vs DeepSeek · DeepSeek vs Alibaba Qwen · Anthropic vs DeepSeek