DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng recently disclosed in internal communications that the company's new flagship large model, DeepSeek V4, will be officially launched by the end of April, according to a Sina Tech report, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter.Earlier, foreign media cited insiders as saying that Chinese tech giants, including BABA-W (09988.HK) -2.100 (-1.673%) Short selling $707.53M; Ratio 22.406% , ByteDance, and TENCENT (00700.HK) -14.500 (-2.874%) Short selling $514.41M; Ratio 9.165% , have pre-ordered hundreds of thousands of next-generation AI computing chips to prepare for the DeepSeek V4 launch.Related News Jefferies Cuts ALIBABA (09988.HK) TP to HKD179, Sees MaaS as Key Growth Driver for Next Five YearsIt is understood that these giants are also planning to provide the new DeepSeek model via cloud services and integrate it into their own AI products. Accordingly, prices of new AI chip products have risen by about 20%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2026-04-13 12:25.)
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