Timeline
GitHub launches Spec-Kit, an open-source toolkit for generating technical specifications from natural language.
Launched DeepSeek-R1 large language model, causing $1 trillion market valuation shift
GitHub Secret Scanning MCP Server reached GA
DeepSeek valuation jumps from $20B to $45B in first VC round led by China state fund.
Released V4-Pro and V4-Flash open-weight models with up to 1.6 trillion parameters
Released DeepSeek-V4 with 1M-token context at 10% KV cache cost
Initiates first external fundraising round, targeting at least $300M at a $10B+ valuation to set a benchmark for employee stock options.
Delays to DeepSeek-V4 model due to Huawei Ascend chip compatibility work
Released the 'Caveman' tool, claiming it can reduce AI inference costs by up to 75%.
Open-source 'Claude Code' development setup replicating Anthropic engineer's workflow published on GitHub.