DeepSeek's open-source agent Harness hits 1.54M daily users in under 3 months
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-11-09
Per Bloomberg, DeepSeek's open-source agent app Harness reached 1.54M daily users less than 3 months after launch, counting only official API users; the 7-day average jumped from 271K on Sept 30 after a desktop release.
- Those users burn 92T tokens daily (60M each), an early signal that hours-long agent runs consume far more compute than chatbots
- Harness treats everything as a plugin; users have built 35,000, and DeepSeek says 60% of users made at least one, though quality varies
- An official plugin marketplace and a creator program with token grants are next
If it keeps users loyal, DeepSeek competes with OpenAI and Anthropic on ecosystem breadth, not just model price.
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