DeepSeek Considers New Funding Round After Raising $7 billion

DeepSeek is reportedly considering a second financing round weeks after concluding its first. The Chinese artificial intelligence company wrapped its first-ever round of funding near the end of May, raising $7 billion at a $52 billion valuation, the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday (July 14), citing three sources with knowledge of the matter. DeepSeek this week began preliminary discussions with new investors about another funding round that would value the company at roughly $71 billion be