DeepSeek's Series 2 backers revealed: SMIC, vivo, Meituan, Xiaohongshu and more
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-30
- Quoted thread details who funded DeepSeek's second round: tech firms footed the biggest bill, followed by VC firms, SOEs, and founder Liang Wenfeng himself.
- Besides CXMT and SMIC, notable tech investors include vivo, Meituan, Luxshare, Geely, Ctrip, and Xiaohongshu.
- Poster quips that Liang is "living the inspirational quote life" — self-funding frontier AI research.
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