DeepSeek's First Round of Financing May Be Finalized, with Founder Liang Wenfeng Personally Contributing Approximately 20 Billion Yuan

Odaily reported that according to information from multiple investment institutions, 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 about 10 billion yuan; CATL's ecosystem contributed roughly 5 billion yuan, including CATL and Puquan Capital; NetEase, JD.com, Monolith Capital, and IDG Capital each invested around 3 billion yuan; Zhenxingu Investment and Shixiang Technology each invested about 1.5 billion yuan. (Sci-Tech Innovation Board Daily)