Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek tapped CITIC Securities to prepare for an initial public offering on Shanghai's tech-focused STAR Market, two people with knowledge of the matter said ▻ ↧ EXCLUSIVE: China's DeepSeek taps CITIC Securities for domestic IPO,... Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has tapped CITIC Securities ‌to prepare for an initial public offering on Shanghai's tech-focused STAR Market, two people with knowledge of the matter said.