BREAKING
DeepSeek Raises $7.4B at Over $50B
0
B
raised (USD)
0
B
valuation (USD)
Why DeepSeek Reversed Course
1
Self-funded by High-Flyer
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2
Saw Anthropic Mythos
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3
Accepts outside money
Who Gets Voting Rights
Liang & Commercial
LP
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Liang ~40% of round
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Tencent, CATL via LP
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5-year lockup, no votes
National AI Fund
State
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Direct investment
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Voting rights
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No lockup
DeepSeek vs Frontier Labs
DeepSeek
7.4
Anthropic
65
OpenAI
122
Results Yet to Be Proven
AI NEWS BLITZ
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has closed its first ever outside funding round.