Liang Wenfeng personally invested 20 billion yuan, Tencent and CATL co-invested, and DeepSeek's latest funding round has directly elevated the AI track to a new height.

CryptoWorld News reports that DeepSeek’s first-round financing amount has been set at approximately 50 billion RMB (about 7.4 billion USD). The valuation has risen to 59 billion USD, and it is expected to be completed within the next two weeks. Founder Liang Wenfeng has pledged a personal investment of 20 billion RMB, accounting for 40% of the total financing. Tencent is considering contributing 10 billion RMB, and CATL intends to contribute 5 billion RMB; the two companies are expected to become the largest external investors in the financing round.