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DeepSeek Launches Open-Source AI Tools for Huawei Ascend

By Drooid · Sep 30, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC · How we work

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DeepSeek announced open-source software tools for Huawei’s Ascend 950 AI chips as an alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA.
The toolkit, including TileLang, is free to download via DeepSeek’s WeChat account.
DeepSeek will deploy at least 160,000 Ascend accelerators in a new Inner Mongolia data center.
Bloomberg reports DeepSeek is finalizing fundraising at a valuation near 500 billion yuan ($74 billion).
The startup aims for a public listing as early as 2026.

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DeepSeek announced open-source software tools for Huawei’s Ascend 950 AI chips as an alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA.
The toolkit, including TileLang, is free to download via DeepSeek’s WeChat account.
DeepSeek will deploy at least 160,000 Ascend accelerators in a new Inner Mongolia data center.
Bloomberg reports DeepSeek is finalizing fundraising at a valuation near 500 billion yuan ($74 billion).
The startup aims for a public listing as early as 2026.