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Business & Policy · first seen 13 October 2026, 23:58 UTC

DeepSeek funding round could reach 100B yuan

A huge raise would fund China's leading open-weight model lab at frontier scale.

Reports say DeepSeek's second funding round is swelling toward roughly 100 billion yuan, near $14B and double its original target, at a pre-money valuation held at 500 billion yuan as terms remain fluid.

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Coverage: 5 sources, in order

  1. Stocktwits: The Chinese AI Model That Wiped Hundreds Of Billions Off Nvidia Just Made Its Creator Worth $35B
  2. Finimize: DeepSeek’s Fundraise Could Hit 100 Billion Yuan In Days
  3. BigGo Finance: DeepSeek's Second Funding Round Set to Swell to ~100 Billion Yuan; Pre-Money Valuation Held at 500 Billion Yuan
  4. 36Kr: DeepSeek, Hundred-Billion Financing Tracking, LP Says the Situation Is Still Under Dynamic Changes
  5. Seoul Economic Daily: DeepSeek Nears $14 Billion Funding Round, Double Its Original Target

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