Le fil de l'IA

AI leaders want their models everywhere and under their control. They may not get both.

DeepSeek has closed its second funding round, raising 106 billion yuan ($15.9 billion) in one of the biggest-ever fundraising deals in China’s AI sector, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The amount is more than double DeepSeek’s original fundraising target of 50 billion…

Chinese artificial intelligence model developers DeepSeek and MiniMax have completed export registration procedures and proceeded with open-source releases and overseas licensing activities, according to Chinese state media, days after Beijing moved to tighten oversight on AI tech transfers. Yuyuan Tantian, an influential social media account affiliated with state broadcaster CCTV, reported on Thursday evening that the two AI companies had completed the required registrations after Beijing…

DeepSeek and MiniMax Group Inc. have won approval to deploy models overseas, part of a wave of homegrown AI technologies that Beijing will allow to operate globally, a Chinese state media affiliate said.

Quelques jours après la publication des restrictions américaines, DeepSeek serait sur le point de boucler une levée de fonds colossale. De quoi accélérer le développement de ses modèles d’intelligence artificielle et réduire sa dépendance aux technologies américaines.

Rien ne semble pouvoir arrêter l'ascension de DeepSeek, pas même les sanctions de la Maison-Blanche. La pépite de l'IA chinoise vient de frapper un coup de maître qui risque de faire très mal à la Silicon Valley.

DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion in one of China's largest funding rounds, just days after the U.S. ordered federal agencies to remove its technology over national security concerns.

En publiant son moteur d'inférence, DeepSeek a lâché un chiffre qu'aucun autre labo ne donne : ce que rapporte, chaque heure, une seule carte graphique qui fait tourner son IA. À titre de comparaison, une RTX 5090 louée en ligne rapporte à son propriétaire environ 135 fois moins.

Deepening “symbiosis” with artificial intelligence model start-up DeepSeek is helping Chinese tech champion Huawei Technologies catch up with Nvidia’s chip hardware and software ecosystem in a scenario that could mean Jensen Huang’s “nightmare is starting to come true”, according to a new report. DeepSeek’s latest software releases, on top of its increased experimentation with Huawei’s powerful Ascend 950PR chips, reveal that the technological gap with the US is closing, as the two firms…

The Hangzhou-based firm twice increased its financing target ahead of the latest funding round, which analysts said set the stage for an imminent public listing.

L'hébergeur américain Fireworks AI affirme faire tourner le modèle DeepSeek V4.1 Flash à plus de 1 521 tokens par seconde grâce à sa nouvelle infrastructure « Ultrafast ». Un rythme ahurissant censé permettre de coder un jeu complet en onze secondes, mais dont la véracité technique et la grille tarifaire restent un mystère.

Les montants n’ont encore rien de comparable avec les sommes que vont chercher les poids lourds états-uniens du secteur, mais ils témoignent d’une volonté d’accélération. D’après deux rapports distincts de Reuters et de Bloomberg, le Chinois DeepSeek est en passe de boucler une levée de fonds d’environ 100 milliards de yuans, soit l’équivalent de 15…

The firm boosted its financing target at least twice as it talked with investors, from 50 billion yuan to 80 billion yuan before reaching the final tally, according to people familiar with the matter

Huawei Ascend 950PR Deep dive & µbenchmarks, DSv4.1 Flash Analysis, DeepSeek support for Ascend

The US government’s latest ban on Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek could have a chilling effect on the wider American business community and deter companies from adopting low-cost Chinese AI models, industry experts say. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built on the Chinese AI model from their IT systems, according to a directive signed in July and published on Monday. The…