The DeepSeek ecosystem continues to expand. On February 16th, the reporter learned from Tencent that WeChat Search has officially integrated its gray level testing into DeepSeek while using hybrid big models to enrich AI search. Users who have been grayed out can search for the entrance at the top of the dialog box and see the words "AI Search". After clicking on it, they can use the DeepSeek-R1 full blooded version model for free and get a more diversified search experience. Tencent said that this access to DeepSeek's WeChat AI search function not only integrates information sources within the Tencent ecosystem such as WeChat official account and video account, but also supports online search, which can provide users with more comprehensive, real-time and accurate answers. At present, this capability is still undergoing grayscale testing and will be continuously optimized based on user experience and feedback. According to incomplete statistics, over 200 companies have announced their integration into DeepSeek in the past week, covering various fields such as basic telecommunications enterprises, cloud computing, chips, finance, automobiles, and mobile phones. Among them, multiple cloud platforms including Huawei, Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, JD.com, etc. have announced the integration of DeepSeek's big model, and about 20 car companies have announced the completion of deep integration with DeepSeek in intelligent cockpit scenarios or AI operations. Multiple securities firms, banks, and public funds have also announced their integration into the DeepSeek big model. Industry insiders believe that the rapid development of DeepSeek means that the development of the AI industry is shifting from the hardware infrastructure layer to the software application layer, providing new opportunities for the diversified development of the global market. Zhao Gang, the director of the Saizhi Industry Research Institute, stated in an interview with the Economic Reference Daily that on the one hand, the threshold for using computing power, algorithms, and other technologies has been lowered, expanding the cooperation between upstream ecological partners and DeepSeek models; On the other hand, under the influence of factors such as open-source DeepSeek models, model distillation, and reduced model usage costs, the enterprise application market will be fully activated, and industry partners and enterprise customers for large-scale model applications are expected to grow rapidly. Zhao Gang said that the DeepSeek ecosystem continues to expand, which will promote upstream and downstream partners, enterprises and individual users of the big model to gather in the core model, promote China's AI big model industry to become bigger and stronger, and encourage other pre training big model enterprises to change their competitive strategies, accelerate the pace of product innovation, and constantly reduce model costs. In addition, the continuous expansion of the DeepSeek ecosystem will accelerate the penetration of the AI industry and drive the rapid development of AI computing power. The Evaluation Report on the Development of China's Artificial Intelligence Computing Power in 2025 recently released by IDC United Wave Information, an international data company, proposed that DeepSeek, through its advanced algorithm optimization and efficient model performance, has stimulated the demand for new application scenarios and significantly boosted the application development of data center, end side and edge computing. Zhao Gang stated that in the continuous expansion and development of the DeepSeek ecosystem, attention should be paid to issues such as domestic computing power adaptation, healthy competition in the ecosystem, high-quality dataset supply, and data security, in order to promote rapid and sustainable development of the ecosystem. (New Society)