DeepSeek takes top spot on ‘trending’ list as companies look for alternatives to OpenAI and Anthropic, spending tracker’s report says.

In Cina vincono le aziende hardware per l’Ia.

China’s DeepSeek is set to raise about $7bn in its first funding round, with Tencent and CATL among backers, at a valuation of up to $59bn.

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

DeepSeek is close to finalising a $7.4bn funding round led by Tencent and Contemporary Amperex, multiple publications have reported.

DeepSeek is getting deeper pockets.

DeepSeek takes top spot on ‘trending’ list as companies look for alternatives to OpenAI and Anthropic, spending tracker’s report says.

Chinese AI start-up sees valuation surge more than sixfold in two months as it conducts first external funding round

DeepSeek ranked first on Ramp's June 2026 trending software vendors list as US companies made direct payments to the Chinese AI startup for the first time.