Sources: DeepSeek has resumed its funding round, seeking $8B at a $74B valuation, after pausing talks following the leak of Liang Wenfeng's remarks to investors (Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-06/deepseek-resumes-8-billion-round-with-monolith-in-the-running"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260806/i25.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260806/p25#a260806p25" 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.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-06/deepseek-resumes-8-billion-round-with-monolith-in-the-running">Sources: DeepSeek has resumed its funding round, seeking $8B at a $74B valuation, after pausing talks following the leak of Liang Wenfeng's remarks to investors</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; DeepSeek has resumed its second funding round, seeking close to $8 billion, with Monolith Management in talks to contribute, according to people familiar with the matter.</p>