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DeepSearch is a promising AI startup in China, and investor interest has increased significantly following the recent launch of a new AI model. Existing investors CATL and Tencent are playing major roles in this round.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seol Won-tae = Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) developer Deepseq is expected to secure close to 100 billion yuan (approximately 20 trillion won) in funding in the ongoing investment round, Bloomberg News reported on the 6th (local time).
Sources said that Deepseek's original goal was to raise 50 billion yuan, but investment interest exceeded expectations after the launch of the latest AI model.
China's Ningdusdai (CATL), the world's largest battery manufacturer, and WeChat operator Tencent Holdings are said to have pledged the largest amount. Both companies are existing investors in Deepseek. The investment round is expected to close soon, the sources said.
Bloomberg predicted that Deepseek's corporate value in this investment round would reach at least 500 billion yuan (about 100 trillion won).
Bloomberg assessed that Deepseek has laid the foundation for an initial public offering (IPO) next year with this investment round.
DeepSeek plans to deploy more than 160,000 units of Huawei Technology's AI chip 'Ascend' in a data center under construction in Inner Mongolia, China, to run the model. This data center is the largest of Huawei's AI chip clusters.
Meanwhile, rival Moonshot is also aiming for an IPO early next year after completing financing with a corporate value of $50 billion.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Deepseek will conduct an initial public offering (IPO) early next year.
Likely · Within months
DeepSeek will deploy more than 160,000 Huawei Ascend chips in Inner Mongolia data center
Very likely · Within months
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