DeepSeek Hits $500 Million in Annual Revenue as V4 API Gross Margins Reach 70% to 80%

@business

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng’s net worth more than doubled after his firm’s most recent fundraising round, making the Chinese entrepreneur the world’s richest among creators of AI models

@exec_sum

NEWS: DeepSeek founder Liang Wengfeng’s net worth increased to $36 billion after the AI company’s latest funding round, making him the world’s richest AI model founder.

@financialjuice

Deepseek weighs new fundraising a month after closing first round - FT.

@financialjuice

Deepseek new funding would value company at $71b before deal - FT.

@zephyr_z9

Another fundraise from the Whale Valuation nearly $70B Imo, they are a $150B lab at least

@wallstengine

DeepSeek is already weighing a new funding round with a 37% valuation jump, just one month after raising $7B, per FT. The new round would reportedly value the Chinese AI startup at about $71B pre-money, up from $52B post-money in its first

@deitaone

DEEPSEEK PRELIMINARY TALKS WITH NEW INVESTORS ABOUT OPENING ANOTHER ROUND THAT WOULD VALUE THE COMPANY AT ABOUT $71BN BEFORE DEAL-FT

@ft

RT @zijing_wu: One more scoop for today: DeepSeek weighs new fundraising a month after closing first round * valuation to jump 37% from a…

@reuters

China's DeepSeek considers new fundraising after first round, FT reports

@tradfi

*DEEPSEEK IS SAID TO PREPARE FOR IPO FILING AS SOON AS THIS YEAR

@firstsquawk

DEEPSEEK IS EXPECTED TO FILE FOR AN IPO THIS YEAR.

@financialjuice

DeepSeek is said to be preparing for an IPO filing as soon as this year.

@zerohedge

*DEEPSEEK IS SAID TO PREPARE FOR IPO FILING AS SOON AS THIS YEAR

@edludlow

Bloomberg reporting that Deepseek has started prepping for an IPO and may file by the end of the year, in mainland China. Deepseek continues to raise more funds in private matkets. @TheTerminal

@wallstengine

DEEPSEEK IS SAID TO PREPARE FOR IPO FILING AS SOON AS THIS YEAR - BLOOMBERG

@thestalwart

DeepSeek is preparing for a mainland IPO as soon as this year or next.

@jukan05

WSJ: DEEPSEEK IS PREPARING FOR AN IPO AS EARLY AS THE SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR WSJ: DEEPSEEK AIMS TO FILE ITS IPO PAPERWORK BY THE END OF THIS YEAR

@jukan05

THE INFORMATION: DEEPSEEK’S ARR IS APPROACHING $500 MILLION THE INFORMATION: DEEPSEEK HAS SUCCESSFULLY RAISED $7.4 BILLION THE INFORMATION: DEEPSEEK IS STRUCTURING A SECOND FUNDING ROUND THAT WOULD ALLOW IT TO RAISE U.S. DOLLAR-DENOMINATE

@financialjuice

DeepSeek annualized rev reached $400m-$500M - The Information

@rohanpaul_ai

The Information: DeepSeek nears $500 million in yearly sales, after raising $7.4 billion and eyeing an IPO in Shanghai possibly in 2027. It is said that DeepSeek retains over 50% of the gross profit when people pay for V4 access. Liang We

@amir

👀👀 Deepseek’s 50% gross margin is not bad for such a young AI business

@techmeme

Sources: DeepSeek's annualized revenue recently reached $400M to $500M as it seeks to raise ~$7.4B at a ~$74B valuation, up from ~$50B after raising ~$7B in May (The Information) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

@andrewcurran_

RT @jukan05: THE INFORMATION: DEEPSEEK’S ARR IS APPROACHING $500 MILLION THE INFORMATION: DEEPSEEK HAS SUCCESSFULLY RAISED $7.4 BILLION T…

@teortaxestex

> WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON ATTRACTING INVESTMENT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST wasn't there info that Wenfeng turned down Middle Eastern investment in the first round lol? What's up with this asserted strategy. Are they getting even more degra

@teortaxestex

> DeepSeek's gross margin from selling v4 API access is...70% to 80% (!) I wonder if Wenfeng would still say «not to subsidize, nor to reap excessive profits. This price also has a slight profit margin on top of cost» I think so. That's