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Deepseek raises $15 billion in challenge to leading US labs, Bloomberg News reports
Tencent and CATL were among the biggest investors as DeepSeek expanded spending on data centers and open-source models, Bloomberg News reported.
- On Thursday, October 22, 2026, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek raised about 100 billion yuan in its latest fundraising round, Bloomberg News reported citing people familiar with the matter.
- Previously, the firm lacked the financial firepower of Silicon Valley frontier labs, but this capital infusion helps moderate a funding gap that has persisted since DeepSeek's 2025 market disruption.
- Battery pioneer Contemporary Amperex Technology and WeChat-operator Tencent Holdings were among the biggest investors, with DeepSeek boosting its financing target from 50 billion yuan to 80 billion before reaching the final tally.
- DeepSeek is using the funds to aggressively build data centers and develop open-source models for global deployment, intensifying pressure on domestic rivals like MiniMax Group while preparing for an initial public offering.
- Artificial Analysis identified what has been called the "DeepSeek death zone," where competitors will struggle to survive unless they match the firm's performance or charge lower prices.
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Deepseek raises $15 billion in challenge to leading US labs, Bloomberg News reports
Oct 22 : Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has raised about 100 billion yuan ($14.98 billion) in its latest fundraising round, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday citing people familiar with the matter. Battery pioneer Contemporary Amperex Technology and WeChat-operator Tencent Holdings were among the biggest inve
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DeepSeek Raises $15 Billion in Challenge to Leading US Labs
The Chinese AI pioneer DeepSeek has raised about 100 billion yuan ($15 billion) in its latest fundraising round, one of the country’s largest ever and a sign of the startup’s ambitions to compete globally with the likes of Anthropic PBC and OpenAI.
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