DeepSeek to open source parts of online services code

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek plans to open source portions of its online services’ code as part of an “open source week” event next week.

DeepSeek will open source five code repositories that have been “documented, deployed and battle-tested in production,” the company said in a post on X on Thursday.

Code repositories are storage locations for software development assets, and typically contain source code as well as configuration files and project documentation.

“As part of the open-source community, we believe that every line shared becomes collective momentum that accelerates the journey,” the company wrote. “Daily unlocks are coming soon. No ivory towers — just pure garage-energy and community-driven innovation.”

DeepSeek, which has a history of making its AI models openly available under permissive licenses, has lit a fire under AI incumbents like OpenAI. In recent social media posts, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted DeepSeek has lessened OpenAI’s technological lead, and said that OpenAI would consider open sourcing more of its technology in the future.