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Business, Funding & Policy · first seen 30 October 2026, 01:08 UTC
DeepSeek's near-$16B round drew Chinese tech and state investors
The investor mix shows state capital taking a large stake in China's leading open-model lab.
Details of DeepSeek's roughly $16 billion funding round show a mix of Chinese tech titans and powerful state-backed institutions, with state investors taking about 27% of the round, according to The Information.