Story Model release

Model release: DeepSeek & DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731

Companies, evidence and market context from the TLDRocket dataset.

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Companies & products

NameTypeRoleStories
DeepSeek Company Subject 137
OpenAI Company Mentioned 2,826
Hugging Face Company Mentioned 510
Artificial Analysis Company Mentioned 51
OpenRouter Company Mentioned 47
MiniMax Company Mentioned 23
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 Model Subject 3
MiniMax M3 Model Mentioned 2

Related funding records

CompanyAmountStageAnnouncedInvestors
OpenAI $20 billion Late stage 6 Aug 2026 (estimated)
Reported; unconfirmed
SoftBank Group

Funding records linked to the grouped event or to these companies within seven days of publication. These may describe a separate transaction. Amounts and confirmation status are shown as recorded.

Other coverage

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