DeepSeek's first round of funding may be finalized, with founder Liang Wenfeng personally contributing approximately 20 billion yuan

According to Odaily, multiple investment institutions have revealed that DeepSeek's first round of financing may have been finalized. Founder Liang Wenfeng personally contributed approximately 20 billion yuan, making him the largest single investor in this round. Tencent invested approximately 10 billion yuan, the CATL system (including CATL and Puquan Capital) invested approximately 5 billion yuan, while NetEase, JD.com, Monolith Capital, and IDG Capital each invested approximately 3 billion yuan. Zhengxingu Investment and Shixiang Technology each contributed approximately 1.5 billion yuan. (STDaily)