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Market development: DeepSeek & OpenRouter

Companies, evidence and market context from the TLDRocket dataset.

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Companies & products

NameTypeRoleStories
DeepSeek Company Subject 137
OpenRouter Company Subject 47
Reddit Company Mentioned 24
Hacker News Company Mentioned 3
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 Model Subject 3
Official DeepSeek WeChat Group Tool Mentioned 1

Also: deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Related funding records

CompanyAmountStageAnnouncedInvestors
OpenRouter $8 billion Acquisition 19 Aug 2026 (estimated)
Company-confirmed
Stripe
OpenRouter $7.5 billion Acquisition 17 Aug 2026 (estimated)
Company-confirmed
Stripe

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.

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