{"id":152406,"date":"2026-06-03T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152406"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:00:41","slug":"deepseek-nears-us7b-haul-in-first-ever-funding-round-with-backing-from-tencent-catl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152406","title":{"rendered":"DeepSeek nears US$7b haul in first-ever funding round, with backing from Tencent, CATL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek is finalising its first external fundraising round, securing over 50 billion yuan (US$7.4 billion) at a valuation of just under US$60 billion, according to people familiar with the matter \u2013 marking a six-fold leap from its US$10 billion valuation in April.<br \/>\nThe blockbuster round highlights intensifying global competition and a shifting strategy for the AI breakout star, which had previously resisted external capital.<br \/>\nMarket-oriented investors and&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3355818\/deepseek-nears-us7b-haul-first-ever-funding-round-backing-tencent-catl?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 start-up DeepSeek is finalising its first external fundraising round, securing over 50 billion yuan (US$7.4 billion) at a valuation of just&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\/152406"}],"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=152406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}