{"id":153136,"date":"2026-06-18T07:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153136"},"modified":"2026-06-18T07:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:01:09","slug":"how-deepseeks-landmark-funding-secures-liang-wenfengs-grip-as-chinas-ai-rivalry-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153136","title":{"rendered":"How DeepSeek\u2019s landmark funding secures Liang Wenfeng\u2019s grip as China\u2019s AI rivalry heats up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek closed its first-ever external fundraising in an unusual and high-stakes deal that could not only reshape the country\u2019s AI landscape but also offer a rare glimpse into how one of China\u2019s most valuable AI start-ups will navigate its next phase of growth, sources and analysts said.<br \/>\nHangzhou-based DeepSeek now has a post-investment value of about 400 billion yuan (US$59.2 billion) after raising around 50 billion yuan in a Series A round, one source&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3357525\/how-deepseeks-landmark-funding-secures-liang-wenfengs-grip-chinas-ai-rivalry-heats?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 closed its first-ever external fundraising in an unusual and high-stakes deal that could not only reshape the country\u2019s AI&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\/153136"}],"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=153136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}