# DeepSeek founding date

entity: /record/deepseek.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/deepseek/founded  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, DeepSeek's founding date on the AsOf record is July 17, 2023, dated July 17, 2023, from 2 secondary sources (forbes.com and dehehantong.com). The record holds 1 claim on DeepSeek's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founding date

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [DeepSeek](/record/deepseek.md) | founded | 2023-07-17 | valid 2023-07-17 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_06092A8C9172](/claim/clm_06092A8C9172.md)
  sources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2025/01/26/all-about-deepseekthe-chinese-ai-startup-challenging-the-us-big-tech/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131577453, https://www.dehehantong.com/en/news/articles/156.html

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [DeepSeek](/record/deepseek.md) | founded | 2023-07-17 | valid 2023-07-17 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_06092A8C9172](/claim/clm_06092A8C9172.md)
  sources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2025/01/26/all-about-deepseekthe-chinese-ai-startup-challenging-the-us-big-tech/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131577453, https://www.dehehantong.com/en/news/articles/156.html

## Questions this record answers

### What is DeepSeek's current founding date?

July 17, 2023, dated July 17, 2023, from 2 secondary sources (forbes.com and dehehantong.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).


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- Entity twin: /record/deepseek.md · timeline: /timelines/deepseek.md

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