DeepSeek has reportedly raised about 100 billion yuan (roughly $15-16 billion) at a $74 billion pre-money valuation, with Tencent, CATL and, per The Information, state-backed institutions. What Reuters, Bloomberg, the WSJ and The Information agree on, where they disagree (amount, closed or not, who leads), what the registry shows, and what it means for companies using DeepSeek models and for users.
DeepSeek Made Its Name Doing More With Less. Now It Has Reportedly Raised $16 Billion, Partly From State Players
