February 20, according to Tencent Technology reported, in response to foreign media said "DeepSeek DeepSeek's sources have debunked the rumor that the company is considering raising outside funding for the first time.FinancingThe messages are allrumor.
1AI notes that foreign media outlet The Information broke the news in an article last night that DeepSeek will be considering external financing for the first time, with e-commerce giant Alibaba, CIC and others interested in participating in the investment. The report mentioned that its AI models have become so popular that it has to increase its resource investment to meet the significantly increased demand, so it has led to internal discussions to bring in more investors. The report also cites sources familiar with the matter as saying that in addition to discussing whether it should raise capital, executives at DeepSeek and its parent company, Phantom Quantitative, are also discussing whether the startup should move from "focusing primarily on research" to "building a business that generates significant revenues and is ultimately profitable...". ".