据报道 DeepSeek 在美国限制后数日完成约 150 亿美元融资
据彭博社报道，在美国下令联邦民事机构出于安全考虑移除 DeepSeek AI 技术几天后，这家中国 AI 实验室已完成约 150 亿美元（约合 1000 亿元人民币）的融资，潜在投资者包括宁德时代和腾讯等。这笔资金将用于加大对国内外 AI 基础设施和开源模型的投入。此前 DeepSeek 在 6 月曾进行过融资，并在 7 月寻求以约 71 亿美元估值进行额外融资，计划最早于明年在中国 IPO。
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6:11 AM PDT · October 22, 2026
Just two days after the U.S. ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek’s AI technology from their systems over security concerns, the Chinese AI lab has raised about $15 billion, about 100 billion yuan, one of the biggest funding rounds in the country, Bloomberg reported.
Potential investors include Chinese battery maker CATL and Tencent, the company behind WeChat, among others, according to the report.
The reported funding follows DeepSeek’s investment round in June, when it raised more than $7 billion at a valuation of $50 billion. The company was also reportedly seeking an additional $1.5 billion at a valuation of around $71 billion in July, with plans for a potential IPO in China as early as next year.
The Hangzhou-based AI startup is ramping up spending on AI infrastructure and open models for domestic and international markets, even as it faces restrictions in the U.S., the report said. Its expansion could further intensify competition among domestic rivals.
The massive funding round is the latest sign of investors pouring billions into AI companies around the world, including those in China, to compete in the global AI race. Chinese company Kimi developer Moonshot AI secured $2 billion at a $20 billion valuation in May. Manus AI raised more than $500 million earlier this month. Meanwhile, Chinese companies Zhipu AI (Z.ai) and MiniMax, which both went public in Hong Kong in January, have market capitalizations of roughly $29 billion and $7.2 billion, respectively, as of today.
DeepSeek was founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, who previously co-founded Chinese quantitative hedge fund High-Flyer, which helped finance DeepSeek’s early development. The AI startup gained global attention in early 2025 with its free-to-use, open-weight RI reasoning model, challenging the dominance of US AI companies. Liang still retains an estimated 81.6% stake in its Chinese operating entity following its earlier funding round, according to corporate ownership data analyzed by WireScreen.
DeepSeek did not immediately respond to a TechCrunch request for comment.
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