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Market2026-08-27

Chinese AI developer DeepSeek is close to a funding round that would value it at about $74 billion, with existing backers including Monolith Management, Shixiang and battery maker CATL putting in new money. The company is seeking roughly $7.4 billion for research and computing infrastructure ahead of a possible share listing next year. The details come from unnamed people familiar with the talks and the round has not been confirmed publicly.

What changed

DeepSeek had been largely self-funded by its parent hedge fund rather than raising large outside rounds.

  • $74 billion valuation
  • $7.4 billion being raised

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