Chinese AI lab DeepSeek secured over $7 billion in its first funding round, utilizing an unconventional deal structure, according to sources cited by The Information.

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has closed its first funding round that raised more than 50 billion yuan ($7.4billion) under an unusual deal structure, according to two people with direct…

DeepSeek has closed its first outside funding, over $7bn, with founder Liang Wenfeng putting in a controlling share and Tencent and CATL as top backers.