The minutes were leaked and it was revealed that DeepSeek stopped the second round of financing. Insiders responded: It is not credible.

Kuai Technology reported on July 26 that a minute of a meeting between Liang Wenfeng, the founder of DeepSeek (Deep Quest), and investors was circulated on the Internet, attracting widespread attention. Subsequently, media reports stated that this internal communication, which was originally conducted in a small closed setting, had affected the new round of financing that DeepSeek was advancing due to the unauthorized leakage of meeting minutes. The report also stated that Liang Wenfeng has decided to suspend the advancement of related transactions and asked the team to re-evaluate the information disclosure process and investor communication mechanism. Today, according to Sina Technology, in response to the above news, DeepSeek insiders responded: "It is not credible. Most of the external news is false or conjecture." According to previous news, DeepSeek originally planned to launch a new round of financing, and the company's valuation may reach 500 billion yuan. However, the relevant financing plan and valuation have not yet been officially confirmed. At the end of May this year, it was revealed that Deep Search had completed its first round of financing. Tianyancha App shows that on June 15, Hangzhou Shenqiusu Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd. added a new round of A financing related information, with a financing amount of approximately 51 billion yuan and a corporate valuation of nearly 400 billion yuan.