Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has paused discussions on a second funding round just weeks after closing a $7.4 billion raise at a $52 billion valuation, according to the company's direct communication w…
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup, is seeking to raise at least 10 billion yuan in a follow-on funding round at a pre-money valuation of roughly $71 billion, just weeks after closing its first external…
DeepSeek has told prospective investors in its second fundraising round that it is suspending the deal for now, days after comments widely attributed to founder Liang Wenfeng about US-Chinese AI compe…
DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng told investors that a lack of access to AI chips is the primary factor holding China back, arguing that he needs 200,000 Huawei 950 chips to train a frontier model but Huawe…
Pendiri DeepSeek Liang Wenfeng menilai keterbatasan daya komputasi sebagai kesenjangan terbesar AI China dengan AS, bukan kekurangan talenta atau teknologi, menurut risalah pertemuan investor yang dil…
DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng told investors that continuous learning is the missing piece on the road to AGI, arguing that today's frozen models cannot learn over time. Tolaria, an open-source knowledge b…
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng told investors the company will likely keep its most advanced AI models open-source, prioritizing long-term AGI development over near-term revenue, according to a leaked…
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng, in a rare four-hour talk with investors on May 20, argued that China's only real gap with the U.S. in AI is compute and that America's lead among top models is cyclical…
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng told investors during a four-hour fundraising meeting that the company's sole goal is achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), rejecting distractions such as 3D …
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI lab founded by Liang Wenfeng, is raising roughly $10 billion at a $45 billion valuation from China's state AI fund and High-Flyer, with the founder stating the company priorit…
Moonshot AI, the Beijing-based developer of the Kimi chatbot, is reportedly preparing a Hong Kong IPO within six months after closing a funding round valuing the startup at over $30 billion, while Dee…
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng told investors the Chinese AI startup prioritizes artificial general intelligence over profit and will likely keep its top models open-source, Yicai reported. The compan…
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI developer behind the open-source R1 reasoning model, is prioritizing artificial general intelligence (AGI) research over building a consumer platform or maximizing near-term r…
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng said during a 4-hour investor meeting that the company's sole focus is achieving AGI, rejecting pursuits such as 3D/video generation, world models, and super apps. He em…
In early July 2026, Chinese AI chip companies Biren Technology and Iluvatar CoreX returned to capital markets, raising $900 million and $902 million respectively through share placements, while AI mod…
A quant fund at DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng's Zhejiang High-Flyer Asset Management slumped 15.7% in the week ended Jul 17, while a similar fund at HanTak Investment Management lost an estimated 16.…
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI lab spun off from the High-Flyer hedge fund, is targeting a valuation between $71 billion and $74 billion in a new funding round and a potential 2027 IPO on the Shanghai STAR …
A Chinese luggage maker's stock-exchange filing implies DeepSeek is valued at around $52bn, the most precise figure yet for the Hangzhou AI startup. Anhui Korrun's subsidiary Ningbo Purun took a 0.826…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek raised over $7.4 billion in its first external funding round, achieving a post-money valuation above $50 billion and becoming China's most valuable AI startup. Investors in…
A regulatory filing by Chinese textile company Anhui Korrun disclosed that a fund tied to one of its subsidiaries invested 2.90 billion yuan for an indirect 0.8265% stake in DeepSeek, valuing the AI l…