Aug 6 : Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has resumed its second funding round, seeking close to $8 billion, with Monolith Management in talks to participate, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.DeepSeek is seeking a valuation close to 500 billion yuan ($74.09 billion), the report said. In July, Reuters reported that DeepSeek was planning to launch a fresh fundraising round at a valuation of about 500 billion yuan ($74 billion) ahead of a potential mainland initial public offering.But later in the month, Bloomberg reported that DeepSeek had told prospective investors in its second fundraising round that it was suspending the deal for now.($1 = 6.7488 Chinese yuan renminbi)