China seems to think that homegrown AI startup DeepSeek could become a well-known tech success story in the country.
After DeepSeek suddenly rose in January Open the “Inference” model R1, The company is now under new, tight government impact restrictions, According to information. According to information, some of the company’s employees have been blocked from traveling abroad freely, and the Chinese government is now playing a role in screening potential investors.
DeepSeek is implementing travel restrictions by keeping its parent company (quantitative hedge fund High-Flyer) the passports of certain employees.
The development comes weeks after reporting on Chinese government instructions. AI researchers and entrepreneurs avoid traveling to the United Statesworry about losing trade secrets.
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