{
  "id": 19110135,
  "title": "Can DeepSeek challenge OpenAI, Anthropic in AI agents as Harness adoption takes off?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/can-deepseek-challenge-openai-anthropic-in-ai-agents-as-harness",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-09T07:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Business",
    "slug": "scmp-business",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3373757/can-deepseek-challenge-openai-anthropic-ai-agents-harness-adoption-takes"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "DeepSeek's Harness artificial intelligence agent framework has achieved a remarkable milestone, amassing 1.54 million daily active users just three months after its launch, according to the Chinese AI company. Operating through the company's API, these users are processing a staggering 92 trillion tokens daily, averaging 1.1 billion tokens per second. Harness serves as the software infrastructure that transforms large language models into autonomous AI agents capable of independently executing tasks, a capability previously dominated by US tech giants OpenAI and Anthropic. DeepSeek entered the fray on August 13, followed by a desktop application on September 29, enabling developers to create AI agents capable of executing code and interfacing with external software. Currently, the platform boasts around 35,000 third-party plug-ins, with roughly 60% of active users having either created or installed at least one. DeepSeek's Cui Tianyi, a former engineer at Jane Street, envisions Harness as an operating system for the AI agent era, comparable to a smartphone OS providing essential tools and allowing third-party integrations. The company has plans to launch a marketplace where developers can distribute plug-ins and users can discover them, offering token grants and technical support to encourage participation. DeepSeek is increasingly focusing on monetizing its foundation models, recently establishing a product division led by Cui.",
  "summary": "DeepSeek’s Harness artificial intelligence agent framework has reached 1.54 million daily active users less than three months after launch, the Chinese AI champion said on Sunday, marking rapid growth in a new battleground between leading Chinese and American AI giants. Users of Harness through the company’s official application programming interface were consuming around 92 trillion tokens a day…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "DeepSeek says its open-source agent app Harness hit 1.54M DAUs on November 4, less than three months after launch, and uses ~92T tokens a day, or ~60M per user (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/deepseek-says-its-open-source-agent-app-harness-hit-1-54m-daus-on",
        "published": "2026-11-08T20:10:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "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."
}