DeepSeek据报在美国限制措施出台数日后融资150亿美元
DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions
彭博报道称，美国要求联邦民事机构因安全顾虑从系统中移除DeepSeek技术仅两天后，DeepSeek融资约150亿美元（约1000亿元人民币）。潜在投资者包括宁德时代和腾讯；这笔融资接续了DeepSeek 6月超过70亿美元、估值500亿美元的一轮融资。报道还称，DeepSeek正加大对AI基础设施和开放模型的投入。
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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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