Sources: DeepSeek closed a $7.4B round at a $50B valuation under an unusual structure requiring investors to put capital into an LP run by CEO Liang Wenfeng (The Information)

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DeepSeek reportedly raised $7.4B at a $50B valuation, cementing it as one of the best-capitalized frontier AI labs.

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<a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/deepseek-closes-record-7-billion-plus-funding-unusual-deal-structure"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260616/i4.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260616/p4#a260616p4" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/">The Information</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/deepseek-closes-record-7-billion-plus-funding-unusual-deal-structure">Sources: DeepSeek closed a $7.4B round at a $50B valuation under an unusual structure requiring investors to put capital into an LP run by CEO Liang Wenfeng</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has closed its first funding round that raised more than 50 billion yuan ($7.4 billion) under an unusual deal structure &hellip; </p>

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