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DeepSeek STAR Market IPO Accelerates with CITIC Securities Poised as Exclusive Listing Tutoring Institution

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DeepSeek's Harness team is recruiting for 150 new positions, equivalent to half of its current team size of 300 employees.

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Liang Wenfeng, founder of DeepSeek. The image is processed by AI On September 9, foreign media disclosed that Hangzhou-based artificial intelligence enterprise DeepSeek has selected CITIC Securities to fully prepare for matters related to its listing on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board. According to two insiders, the company is expected to officially submit its IPO application materials within this year, kicking off the key process of capitalization. Foreign media previously reported that after the completion of DeepSeek's new round of financing, its overall valuation will rise to 75 billion US dollars. Tencent Tech learned from multiple sources close to the company's capital market operation team that the company's latest current valuation is 500 billion RMB. Insiders told Tencent Tech that DeepSeek had previously pushed forward the preparation work for listing on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board, and has contacted a number of leading brokerages including CITIC Securities for cooperation related to listing tutoring. Tencent Tech contacted CITIC Securities for verification on the listing preparation information, and the relevant party said there is no comment for the time being. A capital market industry insider analyzed to Tencent Tech that based on DeepSeek's current valuation of 500 billion yuan, after the company is listed, its overall market value is expected to range...

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On September 7, the company's Harness team publicly launched external recruitment, adding 150 new positions covering multiple core technical posts such as server-side development and Agent elastic computing R&D.

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Event
Headcount growth

What this signalsFast hiring often means budgets are growing.

Headcount
150
Takes effect
Sep 7, 2026
Location
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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150

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Confidence
90%
Detected
Sep 9, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
increases_headcount_by

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    "title": "DeepSeek STAR Market IPO Accelerates with CITIC Securities Poised as Exclusive Listing Tutoring Institution - 36Kr",
    "excerpt": "Liang Wenfeng, founder of DeepSeek. The image is processed by AI On September 9, foreign media disclosed that Hangzhou-based artificial intelligence enterprise DeepSeek has selected CITIC Securities to fully prepare for matters related to its listing on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board. According to two insiders, the company is expected to officially submit its IPO application materials within this year, kicking off the key process of capitalization. Foreign media previously reported that after the completion of DeepSeek's new round of financing, its overall valuation will rise to 75 billion US dollars. Tencent Tech learned from multiple sources close to the company's capital market operation team that the company's latest current valuation is 500 billion RMB. Insiders told Tencent Tech that DeepSeek had previously pushed forward the preparation work for listing on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board , and has contacted a number of leading brokerages including CITIC Securities for cooperation related to listing tutoring . Tencent Tech contacted CITIC Securities for verification on the listing preparation information, and the relevant party said there is no comment for the time being. A capital market industry insider analyzed to Tencent Tech that based on DeepSeek's current valuation of 500 billion yuan, after the company is listed, its overall market value is expected to range between...",
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