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SUPERSEDES the Apr-2026 $300M/$10B report — DeepSeek closed a $7-7.4B first external round in Jun-2026 at a ~$50-52B post-money valuation; a second round seeking $1.5B at a reported $71-74B valuation was in talks Jul-14/18-2026 then PAUSED Jul-25/27 after founder Liang Wenfeng's leaked remarks on the US-China compute gap went viral; core asset remains a pre-export-control GPU stockpile plus High-Flyer backing
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- Wikipedia — DeepSeek Liang Wenfeng holds 84% via shell corporations; parent High-Flyer (hedge fund)
- Wikipedia — DeepSeek $300M round at $10B valuation (reported, not confirmed) — earlier/superseded figure
- Wikipedia — DeepSeek ~10,000 Nvidia A100 GPUs acquired pre-2021 export restrictions + Fire-Flyer 2's 5,000 A100s
- Google News RSS (headline attrib. Reuters) "DeepSeek slated to raise $7 billion in maiden funding round, sources say"
- Google News RSS — DeepSeek funding/investment/compute sweep First round closed at $7-7.4B raised, valuations $50-52B post-money (Jun-2026)
- Google News RSS — DeepSeek funding/investment/compute sweep Chinese regulatory filings (Jul-20) suggested valuations of 325-350.9B yuan (~$45-50B)
- Google News RSS — DeepSeek $71B infrastructure funding sweep Seeking $1.5B second round at ~$71-74B valuation (Jul-14/18); pursuing 2027 IPO
- Google News RSS — DeepSeek $71B funding suspension sweep (attrib. Bloomberg/Yahoo Finance/Investing.com) Second round SUSPENDED after founder Liang Wenfeng's leaked US-China AI competition remarks went viral; 'round appears stalled rather than abandoned'
- Google News RSS — DeepSeek $71B infrastructure funding sweep Founder Liang Wenfeng described as world's richest AI founder, ~$36B fortune (on paper, tied to the valuation run-up)
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