Deepseek builds Claude Code rival
deepseek is hiring a beijing 'harness' team to build deepseek code, a coding agent to rival claude code and openai's codex.
deepseek is constructing a code-focused ai agent, Deepseek Code, via a new 'Harness' team in Beijing led by Deli Chen. This initiative explicitly targets products like Claude Code, Cursor, and OpenAI's Codex. Job listings require deep expertise in agent loops, MCP, multi-agent systems, and context engineering. By defining the equation as model plus harness equals agent, deepseek aims to integrate research directly into a commercial coding product.