It is reported that DeepSeek has restarted its second round of financing of 50 billion yuan, and its pre-investment valuation has risen to 500 billion yuan. According to Caijing, DeepSeek, the leading domestic AI large model, has officially restarted its second round of financing, planning to raise 50 billion yuan, with a pre-investment valuation of approximately 500 billion yuan. The contract is expected to be completed in late August

It is reported that DeepSeek has restarted the second round of 50 billion yuan in financing, and its pre-investment valuation has risen to 500 billion yuan. According to Caijing, DeepSeek, the leading domestic AI large model, has officially restarted its second round of financing, planning to raise 50 billion yuan, with a pre-investment valuation of approximately 500 billion yuan. The contract is expected to be completed in late August. If this round is successfully completed, DeepSeek’s cumulative fundraising amount in the two rounds will exceed 100 billion yuan, and its valuation will increase significantly by approximately 43% compared with the first round, further setting a new financing record in the domestic AI field. Looking back on its capital path, DeepSeek's first round of financing started in April this year and was completed in June. It raised a total of 50 billion yuan with a valuation of more than 350 billion yuan, setting the largest first round of financing for a domestic AI large model company. This round attracted the participation of state-owned assets, industry giants and top institutions such as the National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund, Tencent, CATL, NetEase, JD.com and IDG Capital. At that time, the scale of intended funds once exceeded 100 billion yuan. Due to the limited quota in the first round, a large number of waiting funds were postponed to participate in the second round. Although the second round of financing was launched as early as mid-July and experienced a brief pause at the end of July, DeepSeek and investors have tended to proceed in a low-key manner after the restart, and some early contact institutions have not yet received notice of the restart. In the current context of the evolution of AI large model research and development and the intensified competition in computing power, capital injections of over 100 billion levels not only demonstrate the strong endorsement of top capital for the iteration and commercialization potential of leading domestic large model technology, but will also have a profound impact on the differentiation of industry echelons and the construction of high computing power barriers. via AI News (author: AI Base)