When was DeepSeek Coder released?

DeepSeek Coder was released by DeepSeek on Thursday, Nov 2 2023.

Who made DeepSeek Coder?

DeepSeek Coder was built by DeepSeek. Chinese AI lab known for efficient, open-weight models. Gained attention for strong performance at lower cost.

Is DeepSeek Coder open source?

Partly. DeepSeek Coder is an open-weight model: the trained weights are free to download and run locally or on your own infrastructure, but the training data and code are not fully released and the license may restrict some commercial uses. It is not open source in the strict sense.

What came before and after DeepSeek Coder?

It was followed by DeepSeek-LLM on Nov 29 2023.

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Frequently asked questions

: DeepSeek Coder was released by DeepSeek on Thursday, Nov 2 2023.
: DeepSeek Coder was built by DeepSeek. Chinese AI lab known for efficient, open-weight models. Gained attention for strong performance at lower cost.
: Partly. DeepSeek Coder is an open-weight model: the trained weights are free to download and run locally or on your own infrastructure, but the training data and code are not fully released and the license may restrict some commercial uses. It is not open source in the strict sense.
: It was followed by DeepSeek-LLM on Nov 29 2023.