--- title: "Chinese AI startup DeepSeek reaches $1 billion annualized revenue run rate" description: "Both outlets reported that DeepSeek achieved a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate, highlighting the significant increase from under $500 million a few months prior. The News International added context about API price hikes as a contributing factor, while Minute Mirror focused primarily on the revenue milestone and cited The Information as the source." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/10452-chinese-ai-startup-deepseek-reaches-1-billion-annualised site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Chinese AI startup DeepSeek reaches $1 billion annualized revenue run rate updated 24 Sep 2026, 8:23 PM PKT · 24 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Both outlets reported that DeepSeek achieved a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate, highlighting the significant increase from under $500 million a few months prior. The News International added context about API price hikes as a contributing factor, while Minute Mirror focused primarily on the revenue milestone and cited The Information as the source. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Minute Mirror** — [Chinese AI startup DeepSeek reaches $1 billion annualised revenue run rate](https://minutemirror.com.pk/chinese-ai-startup-deepseek-reaches-1-billion-annualised-revenue-run-rate-634960/) · 24 Sep 2026, 8:23 PM PKT > Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has reached an annualised revenue run rate of $1 billion, more than doubling from less than $500 million just a few months ago, according to a report by The Information. - **The News International** — [Chinese AI startup DeepSeek hits $1 billion annualized revenue run rate following API price hikes](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1417424-chinese-ai-startup-deepseek-hits-1-billion-annualized-revenue-run-rate-following-api-price-hikes) · 24 Sep 2026, 2:18 PM PKT · 95% identical wording to the newest filing > Latest update reveals China's AI firm DeepSeek has doubled its annualized revenue run rate to reach $1 billion, up from under $500 million just months ago.As reported by Information reported on... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Chinese AI startup DeepSeek nearing $15 billion fundraising round](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15872-deepseek-wrapping-up-15-billion-fundraising-to-fuel-ai-race) · 22 Oct 2026 · 4 outlets · 82% related - [DeepSeek close to securing $12 billion in new funding](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12685-deepseek-set-to-net-over-12b-in-new-fundraising-source-says) · 6 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 77% related - [DeepSeek's new AI model is by far the cheapest of well-known models to run, research firm says](https://harzaviya.com/stories/1567-deepseek-s-new-model-is-105x-cheaper-than-rivals-here-s-why) · 3 Aug 2026 · 7 outlets · 72% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 24 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.