就在美国下令联邦民间机构以安全考虑为由将DeepSeek的AI技术从其系统中移除两天后，中国AI实验室拥有融资约150亿美元，约1000亿人民币，是全国最大的资金回合之一，彭博报道。
潜在投资者包括中国电池制造商CATL和Tencent，据报告WeChat背后的公司等。
报告的资金紧随DeepSeek6月份的投资回合，当时融资以500亿美元的估值超过70亿美元。 据报道，该公司还在7月进行约710亿美元的估值，以另外寻求15亿美元，并计划早在明年在中国建立潜在的IPO.
以杭州为基地的AI启动正在加大对AI基础设施和国内和国际市场开放模式的支出，尽管在美国面临限制，报告称。 其扩大可进一步加强国内竞争对手之间的竞争。
大规模融资回合是投资者向包括中国在内的世界各地AI公司注资数十亿参与全球AI比赛的最新迹象。 中国公司Kimi开发商Moonshot AI在5月以200亿美元的估值保证了20亿美元。 马纳斯AI 融资本月早些时候超过5亿美元。 与此同时，中国公司Zhipu AI(Z.ai)和MiniMax均于1月在香港上市，截至今日市场资本总额分别约为290亿美元和72亿美元。
DeepSeek成立于2023年，由此前共同创办中国量化对冲基金High-Flyer的梁文峰创立，帮助资助DeepSeek早期发展。 AI的启动在2025年初以其自由使用，开放量的RI推理模式获得了全球关注，挑战了美国AI公司的支配地位。 根据WireScreen公司所有权数据的分析，梁在早先的融资回合之后，仍保留了中国经营实体81.6%的股份。
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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.
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