China seems to think that AI Startup Deepseek from our own soil could become a remarkable technical success story for the country.
After the sudden rise of Deepseek in January with the release of his open “reasoning model”, R1, the company is now active under new, tighter restrictions influenced by the government, According to the information. Some employees of the company are prevented from traveling abroad freely, and the Chinese government now plays a role in screening potential investors, according to the information.
Deepseek maintains the travel restrictions through that the parent company, quantitative hedge fund High-Flyer, holds the passports of certain staff.
The developments come a few weeks after it was reported that the Chinese government instructed AI researchers and entrepreneurs to prevent them from traveling to the USFor fear of the loss of commercial secrets.
Techcrunch has contacted Deepseek for comment.
