Behind DeepSeek’s $16 Billion Funding: Chinese Tech Titans and State Players

Chinese AI star DeepSeek’s nearly $16 billion funding round this month involved not only a deluge of capital but a who’s who of Chinese tech investors—and some of the country’s most powerful ...

The Information·1d ago

Chinese Artificial Intelligence (AI) Firm DeepSeek Reports $15B Funding Round

Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has completed a major capital raise totaling roughly 100 billion yuan, equivalent to about $15 billion, ...

Crowdfund Insider·6d ago

DeepSeek and Kimi K3: The open-source strategy turning Chinese AI into a geopolitical force

Chinese AI models now power 55% of Vercel developer traffic. How DeepSeek V4 and Kimi K3 reshaped global AI—and why Beijing just tried to slow it down.

Latin Times on MSN·Oct 22

Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Raises $15 Billion Ahead of Potential IPO

WSJ·Oct 22

China defends DeepSeek after US ban

China is pushing back against the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) order to remove products from Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from government systems, warning of potential retaliation. A DHS ...

The Hill on MSN·Oct 20

US bans agencies from using Chinese AI DeepSeek, warns sensitive data may go to China

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ordered all federal agencies to stop using DeepSeek's AI models. In a notice published on Monday, the DHS has warned that using DeepSeek's models may...

India Today on MSN·Oct 19

Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race

The French AI lab claims its latest release matches or outperforms even the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding and cybersecurity.

Wired AI·2d ago

[AI Research File No. 07] DeepSeek's new model 'surpasses Claude Opus 5': How many wins and losses are there across the 9 published metrics?

This week, I saw several headlines claiming that 'DeepSeek's new model surpasses Claude Opus 5.' Has a Chinese AI really beaten Claude's top-tier model? I was curious, so I counted the figures ...

note·Oct 24

Five things to know about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek

Tech Xplore·Oct 22

DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions

DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion in one of China's largest funding rounds, just days after the US ordered federal agencies to remove its technology over national security concerns.

TechCrunch on MSN·Oct 22

DeepSeek Is Made in China, But Its AI Models Are Out of This World!

by CodeByUmar — From DeepSeek-R1’s surprising arrival to its latest reasoning and coding models, the Chinese AI lab has challenged assumptions about what…

Skill Stuff·Oct 20

DHS cracks down on China’s DeepSeek as AI competition intensifies: ‘Multiple threat vectors’

The Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove AI developed by China’s DeepSeek from their systems – the latest blow to a top Chinese model that has surged in ...

New York Post on MSN·Oct 19

Chinese state media say DeepSeek and MiniMax have completed registration for overseas AI model releases

联合早报·5d ago

DeepSeek Just Secured $15 Billion Right After the US Banned Its AI

DeepSeek raised $15 billion in new funding right after US security bans, setting up a massive Shanghai IPO and global AI price war.

Android Headlines·Oct 23

U.S. Bans Chinese AI DeepSeek in Federal Agencies Amid Security Concerns

by Ankesh Singh — On October 19, 2026, DHS ordered all civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek. The reason isn’t performance — it’s where your data goes.

Medium·Oct 22

China says US' DeepSeek ban disregards Xi-Trump consensus

BEIJING, Oct 20 (Reuters) - China's commerce ministry on Tuesday criticised a US government order banning Chinese AI model DeepSeek from federal agency IT systems, saying it harmed Chinese firms' ...

Reuters on MSN·Oct 20

DeepSeek open-sources DeepInfer, the engine that runs its AI models

DeepSeek open-sources DeepInfer, its production inference engine. It runs on Nvidia and Huawei chips and supports V4.1-Flash for now.

The Next Web·Oct 20

Trump Admin Bans DeepSeek From Federal Agencies

The Department of Homeland Security just banned the use of DeepSeek’s technology across much of the federal government. In a notice posted on Monday, the DHS ordered federal civilian agencies like...

Gizmodo·Oct 19