DeepSeek is launching a massive initial funding round！ And the most surprising figure doesn't come from Tencent. According to Reuters， the company aims to raise ~$7.4B， bringing its post-money valuation to between $52B to $59B. This would mark the largest AI funding round in China to date. Among the investors： 🔹 Founder Liang Wenfeng contributes ~$3B personally 🔹 Tencent invests ~$1.5B 🔹 Battery manyfacturer CATL invests ~$0.7B as it expands into supplying power for AI data centers 🔹 NetEase， http://JD.com, and China's national AI fund are in talks to join 🔹 Hong Kong's IDG Capital and Cornerstone Capital are also among the intended investors The deal is expected to close in about two weeks. After operating as a self-funded research lab for years， DeepSeek is finally accepting outside capital， though Liang remains the largest single investor.