{"id":151035,"date":"2026-05-08T13:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151035"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:06:07","slug":"deepseek-to-soon-close-first-external-fundraising-in-us50b-valuation-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151035","title":{"rendered":"DeepSeek to soon close first external fundraising in US$50b valuation: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese artificial intelligence high-flier DeepSeek is expected to close its first external financing round soon, boosting its valuation to up to US$50 billion, according to three people familiar with the matter, as the country\u2019s marquee state-backed investment vehicle joins in bankrolling what is seen as a national technology champion.<br \/>\nThe round was being backed by a group of state-linked investors, including AI-focused affiliates under the third phase of the China Integrated Circuit Industry&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3352945\/deepseek-soon-close-first-external-fundraising-us50b-valuation-sources?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese artificial intelligence high-flier DeepSeek is expected to close its first external financing round soon, boosting its valuation to up to US$50 billion, according&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151035"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}