Sources: Tencent and Alibaba are in talks to invest in DeepSeek at a $20B+ valuation, partly benchmarked against Moonshot's pending round at an $18B valuation (The Information)
Tencent and Alibaba are reportedly in talks to invest in DeepSeek at a $20B+ valuation, a significant funding development that would further cement the Chinese AI startup's valuation above Moonshot's pending round.
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<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tencent-alibaba-talks-invest-deepseek-20-billion-plus-valuation">Sources: Tencent and Alibaba are in talks to invest in DeepSeek at a $20B+ valuation, partly benchmarked against Moonshot's pending round at an $18B valuation</a></b></span> — Chinese tech giants Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group are in talks to invest in DeepSeek, the AI upstart that recently started fundraising … </p>
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