Sources: DeepSeek execs told potential investors in its ongoing $10B round that it will prioritize groundbreaking AI research over short-term commercialization (Lulu Yilun Chen/Bloomberg)
DeepSeek is pursuing a $10B fundraising round and telling investors it will prioritize fundamental AI research over rapid commercialization, signaling a long-term research orientation for the lab.
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<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-22/deepseek-founder-declares-agi-goal-as-10-billion-round-advances"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260522/i14.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260522/p14#a260522p14" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Lulu Yilun Chen / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-22/deepseek-founder-declares-agi-goal-as-10-billion-round-advances">Sources: DeepSeek execs told potential investors in its ongoing $10B round that it will prioritize groundbreaking AI research over short-term commercialization</a></b></span> — DeepSeek's senior management has told potential investors in its ongoing 70 billion yuan ($10 billion) funding round that the startup … </p>
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