Oct 6 2026

DeepSeek reported close to raising $12 billion or more from Tencent and CATL

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Original reporting

Bloomberg: round could reach about $14.9B, with an targeted for early 2027. The Decoder adds a data center under construction with 160,000 Huawei AI chips.

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DeepSeek holds the August 16th price increase · 70%, resolves November 14th 2026
CXMT stays China's most valuable listed company to mid-November · 55%, resolves November 14th 2026
DeepSeek's STAR Market listing reaches a formal filing within a year · 55%, resolves September 9th 2027
DeepSeek's new funding round misses its own October target · 60%, resolves October 31st 2026

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