'Humanity now stands on the eve of AGI': DeepSeek wants to "at least double the size of every department" as company pursues hiring spree in pursuit of AGI

Date:
Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:35:00 +0000

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DeepSeek is hiring engineers, product managers and more as it targets the
next era of AI artificial general intelligence.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter DeepSeek wants to double its workforce "Humanity now stands on the eve of AGI" American customers are buying DeepSeek models China's DeepSeek has announced a major recruitment campaign as it sets out to "at least double the size of every department" as it pursues artificial general intelligence (AGI) (via the South China Morning Post ).

"Humanity now stands on the eve of AGI," the company said, as it targets significant growth just three years after it launched as an AI startup. The company recently completed its first external fundraising round, securing around $7.4 billion at a valuation of more than $50 billion. Around
two-fifths of that was said to have come from CEO Liang Wenfeng. Latest
Videos From Watch full video here: DeepSeek enters major hiring spree Conversely, OpenAI said it had a valuation of $852 billion in March.

"DeepSeeks hiring philosophy is to let newcomers take on the most core and important tasks directly," the firm said in an announcement, implying it's
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SCMP notes that the company is hiring for server-side development engineers, pre-training data engineers and supercomputing cluster R&D engineers.

New product management hires also indicate that DeepSeek could be looking to build more customer-facing products and look for other commercial opportunities, marking a shift from its earlier focus on research. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting
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DeepSeek itself is in an awkward position globally, with ongoing US restrictions continuing to limit access to advanced GPUs like Nvidia 's latest-generation hardware. The company already has a partnership with fellow Chinese giant Huawei, and is tuning its models to run efficiently on its partner's chips.

But global opportunities could be opening up for the company, with earlier reporting indicating that US firms are increasingly buying DeepSeek's models because they're more cost-effective than US alternatives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others.

As for the hires, it's likely that the company will focus on its Hangzhou headquarters and Beijing R&D facility, but future expansions driven by global interest could see the company start to expand its footprint beyond China. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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