deepseek stock price closed at $43.55, with after-hours trades hovering near $43. In 2023, High-Flyer started DeepSeek as a lab dedicated to researching AI tools separate from its financial business. With High-Flyer as one of its investors, the lab spun off into its own company, also called DeepSeek. As of its January 2025 versions, DeepSeek enforces strict censorship aligned with Chinese government policies. It refuses to answer politically sensitive questions about topics including China’s top leader Xi Jinping , the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident , Tibet , Taiwan , and the persecution of Uyghurs . Institutional reports show deepseek stock price holding a 12% foreign ownership rate, up from 9% last quarter. This increase underscores growing international interest in AI development firms amid shifting tech supply chains.
