DeepSeek reportedly closes roughly $15B funding round to fuel its AI race
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-10-27
Sources say DeepSeek has closed a funding round of around $15 billion, with the capital earmarked to fuel its AI race. If confirmed, it would be among the largest raises yet for the Chinese lab known for low-cost training.
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