# China's biggest internet firms including ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba are reaching out to Huawei about new chip orders.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-29 · Devdiscourse*

## Key points

- Demand for Huawei's Ascend 950 AI chips surged after DeepSeek's V4 model launched optimized for them.
- Huawei's Ascend 950PR chips are the only domestic option supporting compressed numerical AI computation in China.
- ByteDance, Tencent, and Alibaba are actively seeking large orders of Huawei's new AI chips.
- Huawei plans to ship about 750,000 units of the 950PR this year, ramping up in 2026.
- DeepSeek's V4 models are open-sourced under the MIT license, enabling commercial use and modification.

**Companies:** Huawei, ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba
**Countries:** China

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