On May 23rd, according to BloombergDeepSeek A round of about $10 billion is under wayFinancingNegotiations reached an estimated $45 billion。
Two weeks ago, this financing came to the fore in the figure of RMB 50 billion (approximately $7.35 billion). According to the source, the Leung Wenfeng scheme, the founder of DeepSeek, may have contributed up to $20 billion, or 401 TP3T, to the total of the round。
IF THE DEAL IS MADE, IT WILL BE THE LARGEST SINGLE ROUND OF FINANCING EVER MADE BY AI-BASED COMPANIES IN CHINA。
According to sources, the founder of DeepSeek, Leung Feng, has made it clear to potential investors that the company will continue to give priority to the advancement of groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AGI) research and to the pursuit of universal artificial intelligence (AGI) rather than short-term commercialization. At the same time, DeepSeek is committed to maintaining the open source route。
CURRENT POTENTIAL INVESTORS INCLUDE THE NATIONAL INVESTMENT FUND FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INDUSTRIES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, IDG CAPITAL, AND THINK CAPITAL. HOWEVER, BLOOMBERG STRESSED THAT NEGOTIATIONS WERE STILL ONGOING AND THAT THE FINAL AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT AND THE PARTICIPANTS COULD STILL BE ADJUSTED。