# DeepSeek raises $7B at $50B valuation

> Source: <https://digg.com/tech/lxwv71a1?rank=6>
> Published: 2026-06-16 06:25:06+00:00

[Danielle Fong 🔆#756](/u/x/daniellefong)

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deepseek is raising a monster $7 billion round at $50B val making it china's largest ever AI raise but what shocks me the most is the founder, liang wenfeng:

> he's personally contributing 40% of the round himself. $3 billion.

> he owns 90 PERCENT of the company (unheard of at this valuation)

> deepseek was founded inside his hedge fund, one of China's most successful funds.

guys a fucking beast. this round is meant to achieve 2 things:

1. acquire as much compute to push out new deepseek models more often

2. turn deepseek revenue-positive by pushing new enterprise products (same tactic as OAI and anthropic)

deepseek v4.1 is expected to release soon.