Sources: DeepSeek told investors it is suspending its second funding round after remarks attributed to Liang Wenfeng on US-China AI competition went viral (Pei Li/Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-25/deepseek-said-to-tell-backers-of-funding-pause-after-viral-posts"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260725/i14.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260725/p14#a260725p14" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Pei Li / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-25/deepseek-said-to-tell-backers-of-funding-pause-after-viral-posts">Sources: DeepSeek told investors it is suspending its second funding round after remarks attributed to Liang Wenfeng on US-China AI competition went viral</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; DeepSeek has told prospective investors in its second fundraising round that it's suspending the deal for now, people familiar with the matter said &hellip; </p>