# DeepSeek: how AI models rank it, October 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge labels across 1 categories by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/vendors/deepseek/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI accounting assistants | 0% | 77 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "In 2025 researchers found an exposed DeepSeek database containing chat histories, prompts and more." (Muse Glimmer 30B, AI accounting assistants)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 10 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- AI accounting assistants: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 72 → 77 of 85.

## In its own words

What DeepSeek's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: an AI research company focused on building world-leading general artificial intelligence (https://deepseek.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page deepseek.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 53 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- news or press: 32 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-10
- Recent: 2026-09-10 news or press: Deepseek v4 1 flash https://www.deepseek.com/news/deepseek-v4-1-flash
- Recent: 2026-09-10 news or press: Introducing DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash: smarter, faster, more efficient. https://www.deepseek.com/en/news/deepseek-v4-1-flash
- Recent: 2026-04-24 news or press: V4 preview https://www.deepseek.com/news/v4-preview
- Recent: 2026-04-24 news or press: DeepSeek-V4 Preview: Entering the Era of Affordable Million-Token Context https://www.deepseek.com/en/news/v4-preview
- Recent: 2025-12-01 news or press: Deepseek v3 2 https://www.deepseek.com/news/deepseek-v3-2
- Recent: 2025-12-01 news or press: DeepSeek-V3.2: Pushing the Frontier of Open Large Language Models https://www.deepseek.com/en/news/deepseek-v3-2

## Record

- Method: https://finance-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://finance-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, finance-ai-index.com.