Hangzhou-based startup DeepSeek has not announced plans for its next major AI model release, but its technical papers suggest potential advances. The papers highlight how AI infrastructure innovations could drive efficiency and scale up model performance.
Hangzhou-based AI startup DeepSeek is staying mum on the release of its next major AI model, but recently published technical papers demonstrate frontier innovation. These papers bode well for potential advances in the company's upcoming models.
"DeepSeek just wants to prove that AI infrastructure innovation would drive efficiency and further scale up performance of models," Zhang said.
The papers cover topics such as semiconductors, memory chips, data centres, high-bandwidth memory, and manifold-constrained hyper-connections. Keywords include R1, V4, Nature, Chinese, China, V3, Lunar New Year, DeepSeek, Beijing, AI, US, Liang Wenfeng, GPUs, R2, and Hangzhou. These innovations reflect cutting-edge developments in Chinese AI, particularly amid US competition.
The article was published on January 14, 2026, emphasizing DeepSeek's contributions to AI infrastructure through these technical papers.