DeepSeek
Mentioned in 125 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows
This Chinese AI company is known for dramatically reducing AI implementation costs through breakthrough models and innovative training techniques, including sparse attention architecture and reinforcement learning approaches. DeepSeek has emerged as an unexpected competitive force, achieving near-parity with US frontier models despite operating under chip export restrictions, which has sparked significant discussion about the global AI landscape and China's rapid advancement in AI capabilities. The company's releases—including models with extended context windows and reasoning capabilities—have generated widespread media attention regarding AI competition, open-source innovation, and the effectiveness of alternative training methodologies.
Mentioned On
Episode Mentions
The a16z Show · Jul 16, 2026
Replay 2025: David Sacks on AI, Crypto, and America's Technology Future
“Chinese AI company whose recent model launch disproved Biden administration assumptions about China being far behind in AI capabilities”
All TWiT.tv Shows (Audio) · Jul 16, 2026
Intelligent Machines 879: Alex Karp, Alex Karp, Alex Karp
“Chinese open-weight model that shocked US AI industry; priced at pennies per token; subject to potential Chinese government restrictions”
声动早咖啡 · Jul 15, 2026
淘宝闪购｜零食量贩店「缩水款」引争议，夏奇拉将登美加墨决赛中场秀
“Chinese AI company raising Series B at $71B valuation, planning domestic IPO as early as 2027 to fund infrastructure”
The Information's TITV · Jul 15, 2026
On the Ground at UBS’ Private AI, Software and Internet Conference | Menlo Park
“Chinese AI company raising $7.4B Series B with $400-500M annualized revenue, planning Shanghai IPO next year”
Windows Weekly (Audio) · Jul 15, 2026
WW 992: Gassy Jack - Largest Patch Tuesday in Microsoft History!
“Chinese AI model offering inference at 1/50th the cost of Western competitors, forcing price competition in AI market”
The Tech Report · Jul 15, 2026
The rising cost of AI is reaching tipping point | David Gerard
“Highlighted as disruptive competitor offering cheaper API pricing and optimization focus, forcing market price competition in January 2025”
YPO Technology Network AI Brief · Jul 10, 2026
You Don't Know What AI You're Running
“Chinese open-source model handling 46% of AI usage through major routing services at 60-90% lower cost than frontier labs”
TBPN · Jun 29, 2026
Open-Source AI Battle, Google Throttles Meta, Micron Margins Moon | Edward Coristine & Tai Groot, Chad Rigetti, Pim de Witte, Yadin Soffer, Jack Morris, Neil Movva, Jakob Diepenbrock, Chris Altchek
“Referenced as economics king of open-source models; DeepSeek Flash cited as top token-volume model.”
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar · Jun 8, 2026
6/8/26: Chips Stocks Hammered, Trump Floats Gov Stake In AI Companies
“Chinese AI competitor; cheaper alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic; already capturing market share from US companies”
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar · May 14, 2026
5/14/26: Trump Glazes Xi At China Summit, Fox News Shocked By China Tech, China Plans Arms Sales To Iran
“Chinese AI model cited as competitive with US AI systems while using more efficient compute and electricity requirements”
Tech Won't Save Us · May 14, 2026
The UK Government’s AI Obsession is a Big Risk w/ Will Dunn
“Non-US AI model being adopted by UK businesses as alternative to OpenAI, showing market diversification”
TBPN · May 13, 2026
Trump-Xi Summit, Space Data Center Debate, Inflation Up | Diet TBPN
“Chinese AI company with founder majority control; estimated 6-12 months behind US frontier models”
TBPN · May 9, 2026
Apple-Intel Chip Deal, U.S Adds 115K Jobs, DeepSeek Eyes $50B Valuation | Diet TBPN
“Chinese AI company raising $7.5B at $50B valuation with founder personally contributing $3B; aggressively acquiring compute to develop frontier models”
The Information's TITV · May 8, 2026
OpenAI’s Broadcom Chip Deal Hits $18B Financing Snag, Microsoft Cuts Copilot Bloat
“Planning $7B+ funding round, largest ever by Chinese AI company, accelerating model releases and revenue generation plans.”
Big Technology Podcast · May 7, 2026
AI Agents: Mirage Or Real Revolution? — With Dmitry Shevelenko
“Chinese open-source model lab; Perplexity post-trains DeepSeek models; research published on political bias in Chinese models”
Behind the Bastards · May 7, 2026
Part Two: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders
“One of few models that passed comprehensive delusion-resistance testing alongside Claude models”
Practical AI · May 7, 2026
The Myth of Model Wars: Open vs Closed AI in 2026
“Chinese open-source model vendor leading in open-source frontier model performance and adoption”
Wall Street Breakfast · May 6, 2026
Soda & chips: McDonald's and AMD in focus
“Chinese AI company reportedly valued at $45 billion with major fund investment interest”
FactSet U.S. Daily Market Preview · May 6, 2026
Financial Market Preview - Wednesday 6-May
“Chinese AI company valued at approximately $45 billion in ongoing fundraising round”
What's Your Number? · May 6, 2026
Israel's place in the AI race - with Ariel Sobelman
“Chinese AI startup claiming to rival OpenAI with open-source model but with questionable cost transparency”
Better Offline · May 6, 2026
CZM Rewind: Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron on Enshittification and the Rot Economy
“Chinese AI company achieving competitive results with older GPU generations, proving expensive infrastructure unnecessary”
YPO Technology Network AI Brief · May 5, 2026
Inference Got Cheap. Renegotiate Everything.
“Chinese AI lab releasing V4 open-weight model at fraction of frontier model cost, creating pricing pressure”
monos estocásticos · Apr 30, 2026
El poliamor explicado con OpenAI y Microsoft: abren la pareja pero uno sale perdiendo
“Chinese AI model achieving technical parity with US models but losing market momentum due to poor marketing strategy”
Risky Bulletin · Apr 30, 2026
Srsly Risky Biz: US Vows to Fight Distillation Attacks
“Chinese AI lab that released advanced models delayed by chip export restrictions; uses Huawei chips for inference”
All TWiT.tv Shows (Audio) · Apr 30, 2026
Intelligent Machines 868: Happy Hamburgers Towing Timmy To The Sea
“Chinese AI company released version 4 model, competing with frontier models, using reinforcement learning techniques”
The Information's TITV · Apr 29, 2026
Elon Musk Takes Stand in OpenAI Trial, OpenAI’s Models in AWS, Maria Sharapova’s New Podcast
“Mentioned as cheaper alternative model option available on AWS Bedrock for enterprise customers”
Dwarkesh Podcast · Apr 29, 2026
Reiner Pope – The math behind how LLMs are trained and served
“DeepSeek B3 model cited for active vs total parameters; sparse attention mechanisms discussed”
AI For Humans: Making Artificial Intelligence Fun & Practical · Apr 29, 2026
OpenAI's Growth Is Slowing. Is The AI Bubble Popping?
“Chinese open-source AI model company releasing competitive models at fraction of cost of frontier models; represents open-source threat”
Risky Business · Apr 29, 2026
Risky Business #835 -- Why the Fast16 malware is badass
“Chinese AI model company accused of distillation attacks against US frontier models; improving rapidly through stolen reasoning traits”
Motley Fool Money · Apr 28, 2026
OpenAI Misses Expectations - Should Tech Investors Worry?
“Chinese open-source AI model achieving comparable performance to OpenAI/Anthropic at one-fifth the compute cost”
The Information's TITV · Apr 28, 2026
OpenAI-Microsoft's Averted Legal Battle, Google’s Pentagon Deal, Musk v Altman Opening Statements
“Chinese AI model demonstrating efficiency gains using Huawei chips and sophisticated algorithms with limited compute”
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Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News · Apr 28, 2026
NASA Gets Phished by Chinese - 2026-04-27
“Chinese AI model mentioned as cheap alternative that users adopt when pricing increases”
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · Apr 28, 2026
China Decode: The U.S. vs China AI Battle Is Getting Ugly
“Chinese AI startup that released powerful new model built cheaper and open-source, representing China's competitive AI strategy”
AI News Today | Julian Goldie Podcast · Apr 27, 2026
Hermes + Open WebUI Just Changed AI Agents Forever
“AI model (DeepSeek v4 Flash) available as switchable option within Open WebUI for multi-model workflows”
Wall Street Breakfast · Apr 27, 2026
Budget airlines seek government aid
“Chinese AI startup offering 75% discount on V4 Pro model, intensifying global AI pricing competition”
World Business Report · Apr 24, 2026
US consumer confidence and electric vehicles
“Chinese AI company launching new model compatible with Huawei chips, reducing reliance on American semiconductor technology”
Daily Tech News Show · Apr 24, 2026
We Are Xbox and We Have a New Logo Too - DTNS 5255
“Launches V4 Flash and V4 Pro open-source AI models with hybrid attention architecture and 1M token context window”
AI Explained Official Podcast · Apr 24, 2026
GPT 5.5 Arrives, DeepSeek V4 Drops, and the Compute War Intensifies
“Released V4 model with 1M token context window; achieving frontier performance at 10x lower cost; open-weights architecture”
Tech Brew Ride Home · Apr 24, 2026
All The Headlines, All The Model Drops...
“Released V4 Pro and V4 Flash models with 5x lower pricing than US competitors, featuring hybrid attention and 1M token context window”
Daily Tech Headlines · Apr 24, 2026
Meta to Cut 8,000 Jobs and Freeze Hiring for 6,000 Open Positions - DTH
“Launched V4 Pro and V4 Flash open AI models with cost-effective 1 million context length and advanced reasoning capabilities.”
WSJ Tech News Briefing · Apr 24, 2026
TNB Tech Minute: Intel Stock On Track to Break Dot-Com Era Record
“Chinese AI lab released V4 model claiming most powerful open-source LLM; seeking first external funding”
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · Apr 24, 2026
The Case for Making Up with China, and Which Car Company Is Winning the Energy Crisis?
“Demonstrated China can match frontier AI at fraction of U.S. training costs; proved chip export controls ineffective”
声动早咖啡 · Apr 23, 2026
咖啡豆｜苹果即将告别库克时代，新任掌门人正面临哪些关键转折？
“Chinese AI company seeking $200B+ valuation; Tencent and Alibaba negotiating investment; model development slowing”
Elon Musk Podcast · Apr 23, 2026
SpaceX Targets Two Trillion Dollar Orbital IPO
“Chinese AI model; subject of 'No Deep Seek on Government Devices Act' and federal contractor restrictions”
The Information's TITV · Apr 22, 2026
SpaceX's $23B Debt, DeepSeek's $20B Valuation, and OpenClaw's Growing Pains
“Chinese AI lab seeking $20B+ valuation with investment interest from Tencent and Alibaba, marking first external funding round”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Apr 11, 2026
SpaceX Goes Public, Claude’s Mythos Release, and the US Data Center Delay | EP #246
“V4 model released at 10-50x cheaper cost than GPT-5.4 and Opus 4.6; Chinese frontier lab”
Elon Musk Podcast · Apr 10, 2026
Meta abandons open source for Muse Spark
“International competitor that utilized Meta's open-source Llama weights to accelerate internal research, motivating Meta's proprietary shift”
CNBC's "Fast Money" · Apr 8, 2026
Markets Rally on U.S.-Iran Ceasefire… Delta Pops, Alibaba Bounces, and Banks in Focus 4/8/26
“Chinese AI startup releasing V4 model entirely on Huawei chips after months of code rewriting with Huawei engineers”
A Beginner's Guide to AI · Apr 7, 2026
Why ChatGPT Isn’t Enough for Real Business Automation - with Ethan Ouyang
“Chinese AI company mentioned as a top-tier large language model provider competing with US-based models”
The a16z Show · Apr 3, 2026
Marc Andreessen on AI Winters and Agent Breakthroughs
“Chinese open-source AI model company; praised as 'gift to the world' for publishing reasoning techniques”