DeepSeek has reportedly raised 100bn yuan (about $15bn), with Tencent and CATL among the largest investors; Reuters cites Bloomberg and says it could not independently verify the report.

Archive Sky News photograph, published February 11, 2025, of the building housing DeepSeek’s Hangzhou headquarters; not a photograph of the reported funding round.

Published 22 Oct 2026 · 04:32 UTC

Reuters, citing Bloomberg ↗ · Source dated 22 Oct 2026

DeepSeek has reportedly raised 100bn yuan (about $15bn), with Tencent and CATL among the largest investors; Reuters cites Bloomberg and says it could not independently verify the report. · ournews.ai