{
  "id": 19050775,
  "title": "DeepSeek’s AI agent platform hits 1.54 million daily users",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/deepseeks-ai-agent-platform-hits-1-54-million-daily-users",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-08T23:47:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/11/09/deepseek-s-ai-agent-platform-hits-1-54-million-daily-users"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "DeepSeek, the Chinese AI disruptor, announced that its open-source agent application, Harness, had reached 1.54 million daily active users by November 4, 2023. This milestone was reached less than three months after the platform's debut on August 13. Harness is part of a growing trend of AI agent infrastructure, with competitors such as Anthropic and OpenAI facing increasing competition from this emerging field. Daily users for Harness were around 271,000 at the end of September, shortly after the release of a desktop version of the app. The startup plans to create an official marketplace for developers to publish plugins and for users to discover them, as well as a support program for plugin creators, including token grants, technical assistance, and promotional opportunities. Harness is building an \"everything is a plugin\" architecture, with about 35,000 plugins currently available and 60% of users having built at least one. The startup noted that plugin sophistication varies. Harness is projected to consume approximately 92 trillion tokens daily, which translates to about 60 million tokens per active user. This highlights the significant increase in computational power demands for AI agents compared to chatbots, as agents run for extended periods and perform multi-step tasks on behalf of users.",
  "summary": "The Chinese AI disruptor continues to challenge Anthropic and OpenAI with an entire swath of applications built around open-source AI technologies.",
  "key_points": [
    "DeepSeek's Harness AI agent platform reaches 1.54 million daily users by Nov 4, 2023",
    "Harness built on 35,000 plugins, with 60% of users creating at least one",
    "Startup plans marketplace and support program for plugin developers"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "DeepSeek says agent app tops 1.5M daily users, plans plugin marketplace",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/deepseek-says-agent-app-tops-1-5m-daily-users-plans-plugin-marketplace",
        "published": "2026-11-08T19:59:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}