DeepSeek is closing a $7.4 billion funding round at up to $59 billion valuation, primarily to issue equity and retain its 150-person team from rival

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.