DeepSeek3 stories

  1. DeepSeek nears $12 billion funding round with Tencent and CATL backing The Chinese AI startup's fundraising has exceeded its original target as it prepares for a possible IPO in early 2027. AI 7 sources
  2. DeepSeek reduces the AI performance gap with US rivals DeepSeek is within about 3% of the US leader on LiveBench, and its agentic coding score exceeds Anthropic's leading overall entry, according to Implicator.ai. AI 2 sources
  3. DeepSeek Harness challenges Agent lock-in with Claude Code Mods bridge and open plugin architecture DeepSeek has released a new version of DeepSeek Harness, adding an experimental compatibility layer for Anthropic's Claude Code Mods and sharpening its broader effort to build an open, highly extensible software layer for AI agents. AI 1 source