DeepSeek’s founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng is reportedly committing around 20 billion yuan of his own capital.

The fundraising could value the company after the investment at between 350 billion yuan and 400 billion yuan, or between $52 billion and $59 billion.

Tencent, CATL are set to become the largest external investors, sources say. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.