An IT Home morning roundup cites unnamed transaction sources claiming that DeepSeek has restarted a second financing round, targeting RMB 50 billion at an estimated RMB 500 billion pre-money valuation, with signing planned for late August. If confirmed, the transaction would be a major capital event for China’s foundation-model sector and could materially expand DeepSeek’s compute and research capacity. However, the supplied article is only a roundup, and no official DeepSeek statement, investor list, deal terms, or independent corroboration is provided.
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