据知情人士透露，这家总部位于杭州的AI研究机构已同意牵头参与Winverse AI规模达数千万美元的种子轮融资。知情人士称，这家尚未公开亮相的初创公司由腾讯控股一名前顶尖科学家创立，还获得了包括美团旗下Long-Z Investments在内的其他投资者出资承诺，投后估值约为4亿美元。
知情人士表示，这笔交易尚未最终敲定，估值和投资者参与情况等细节仍可能发生变化。
如果交易完成，这将成为DeepSeek自对冲基金经理梁文锋2023年创立该公司、并于两年后推动其跻身行业前沿以来，对初创企业规模最大的投资之一。这笔交易将帮助这家中国AI领军企业进一步拓展在现实世界应用领域的布局，例如用于工厂车间的人形机器人。
据此前报道，DeepSeek最新一轮融资接近筹得至少800亿元人民币（120亿美元），远超其原定融资目标，为2027年初上市做准备。这笔资金原本主要计划用于模型训练和数据中心建设，但也可能让这家AI研究机构开始投资新一代初创企业，与其开展联合开发。
Winverse由胡瀚于2026年创立。胡瀚此前在腾讯担任首席科学家，离职前负责视觉语言和具身基础模型团队。据其GitHub页面显示，他拥有清华大学博士学位，职业经历包括微软亚洲研究院和百度。
胡瀚没有回复通过电子邮件发送的置评请求。DeepSeek和Long-Z的代表也未回复电子邮件询问。
本文由 AI图鉴自动抓取并翻译，版权归原作者所有；如需查看原文请点下方链接。
According to sources, the AIS based in Hangzhou has agreed to take the lead in the tens of millions of dollars of seed ship financing for Winverse AI. According to the source, the undisclosed start-up company was founded by a former leading scientist in Tencent holdings and obtained funding commitments from other investors, including Long-Z Investments under the umbrella of the United States, with a post-investment valuation of approximately $400 million.
According to the source, the transaction had not yet been finalized and details, such as valuation and investor participation, could still change.
If the deal is completed, this will be one of the largest investments in start-up enterprises since the company was founded by the manager of the hedge fund, Leung Wenfeng, in 2023 and promoted to the forefront of the industry two years later. The deal will help this Chinese AI lead enterprise to further expand its layout in the field of real-world applications, such as human robots for plant workshops.
As previously reported, DeepSeek ' s latest round of financing was close to raising at least RMB 80 billion ($12 billion), well above its original financing target, in preparation for listing in early 2027. This funding, which was originally intended mainly for modelling training and data centre construction, could also allow the AI research institution to start investing in a new generation of start-ups and to undertake joint development with them.
Winverse was created in 2026 by Hu Quan. Hu Quan previously served as Chief Scientist in Tencent and was in charge of the visual language and base model team prior to his departure. According to his GitHub page, he holds a doctorate degree from Qinghua University, with professional experience including Microsoft Asia Institute and Baidu.
Hu Qun did not respond to requests for comments sent by e-mail. Representatives of DeepSeek and Long-Z also did not respond to e-mail queries.
Auto-fetched and translated by AI Atlas. All rights belong to the original author.