DeepSeek is reportedly seeking its first outside funding round at a 10 billion-plus valuation
Posts about the raise said DeepSeek is seeking more than $300 million at a $10 billion-plus valuation in its first outside funding round, marking a shift from its self-funded model.
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@poezhao0605RT @poezhao0605: Fresh from China Securities Journal: a major state-backed investment firm confirmed DeepSeek’s first outside fundraise is…
@adamlogsOpportunity Assessment: DeepSeek seeking external funding for the first time (after long-term "self-funding") at $10B valuation signals that even open-source model companies are entering the capitalization stage. Under the compute diver
@abuchanlifeDeepSeek is going after its first outside funding round. ➧ Raising at least $300M ➧ Valued over $10B ➧ More than 100M monthly users Scaling AI requires massive capital. They went viral and then went completely silent for months. This