Plans to launch Harness AI coding agent team to compete with Claude Code

Raised $7B in first major funding round, abandoning no-funding pledge

DeepSeek raised $7B

DeepSeek raised $7.4B at $50B valuation in first external round

DeepSeek raised $7.4B Series A at $50B valuation

Raised ~$7.4B at a $50B valuation in first external round, with $2.9B from founder Liang Wenfeng.

Released Spec Kit, an open-source toolkit for specification-first AI coding workflows.

GitHub launches Spec-Kit, an open-source toolkit for generating technical specifications from natural language.

GitHub Secret Scanning MCP Server reached GA

Released the 'Caveman' tool, claiming it can reduce AI inference costs by up to 75%.