
DeepSeek Expands Harness Hiring and Explores Self-Built Compute
Pandaily and other outlets report that DeepSeek is intensifying hiring for its newly formed Harness team and exploring self-built data-center capacity in Inner Mongolia. Pandaily reports the company launched an online recruitment drive on June 21 led by Harness team lead Cui Tianyi. 36Kr and Verdent cite internal posts and job listings that show open roles for Agent Harness researchers, R&D engineers, and product managers focused on code-agent products, sometimes referred to as DeepSeek Code. Pandaily and BigGo report that this hiring follows a Series A of 51 billion yuan (~$7.4 billion) in which investors included Tencent, JD.com, NetEase, and CATL. Pandaily attributes commentary from IDC China VP Zhou Zhengang on the economics of self-built clusters.





















