DeepSeek

, the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup based in Hangzhou, appears to be expanding its talent search beyond its borders, significantly increasing its recruitment efforts on LinkedIn. A report says that over the past week, the company posted 10 new positions on the Microsoft-owned professional networking platform, marking its first listings there in several months.The job postings, written in Mandarin with detailed descriptions, include three roles specifically focused on

Artificial General Intelligence

(AGI). These positions are based in DeepSeek's Beijing and Hangzhou offices.According to a report by Bloomberg, similar roles were posted on popular Chinese recruitment sites earlier in 2025, the increased activity on LinkedIn is notable. LinkedIn ceased operating a localised version of its platform in China in 2021, meaning many candidates viewing these listings would likely be based outside of the country.

DeepSeek’s move to attract global talent mirrors the aggressive recruitment strategies of its US rivals, such as Google, OpenAI (developer of ChatGPT) and Meta Platforms. These companies are actively competing to secure top AI experts in the race to dominate the potentially world-changing field of artificial intelligence.

Recently, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced the team that will lead the company’s ‘Superintelligence’ lab. The team consists of former employees of companies like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic, and will be lead by ScaleAI founder Alexandr Wang and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman.Last year, Microsoft hired Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind – now part of Google – and Inflection, as CEO of Microsoft AI team. Elon Musk has, on several occasions, posted job opportunities for AI engineers to work in his AI comapby, xAI.