Deepseek raises $15 billion in challenge to leading US labs, Bloomberg News reports
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Deepseek raises $15 billion in challenge to leading US labs, Bloomberg News reports Oct 22 (Reuters) - Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has raised about 100 billion yuan ($14.98 billion) in its latest fundraising round, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday citing people familiar with the matter.
Battery pioneer Contemporary Amperex Technology 300750.SZ and WeChat-operator Tencent Holdings 0700.HK were among the biggest investors in the round, the report added.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
($1 = 6.6749 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Devika Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ronojoy Mazumdar)
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