{"id":4208,"date":"2026-07-25T17:09:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2026-07-25T17:09:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:09:44","slug":"deepseek-said-to-tell-backers-of-funding-pause-after-viral-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4208","title":{"rendered":"DeepSeek said to tell backers of funding pause after viral posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Chinese AI pioneer verbally informed some of its would-be backers that they wouldn\u2019t be signing investment agreements in the coming days, as they had expected, people familiar with the matter said. DeepSeek might choose to resume the deal process at a later date, the people said, asking to remain anonymous to talk about private discussions. The suspension stemmed in part from Liang\u2019s frustration over online reports about his comments to investors during his first financing deal, which\u00a0closed\u00a0in June and raised $7 billion for the AI lab, the people said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4206\">As millions of Gen Zers face unemployment, CEOs of Amazon, Citi, and McDonald\u2019s say opportunity is still there\u2014if you have the right mindset<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg hasn\u2019t verified the authenticity of those posts, which concerned a transcript of a meeting Liang held with unidentified parties. Chinese media including Yicai reported this week that the billionaire founder talked about a reliance on Nvidia Corp. chips for AI development and China\u2019s persistent lag in AI sophistication relative to the US. Deepseek didn\u2019t immediately respond to an emailed request for comment about the transcript or the fundraising.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Negotiations remain fluid and the company may still choose to proceed. It\u2019s unclear if DeepSeek has communicated its intentions to all prospective investors in the current deal. The talks kicked off mere weeks after DeepSeek closed its record first financing round, when it secured big names including Tencent Holdings Ltd. and \u00a0Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0DeepSeek Is Said to Prepare for IPO Filing as Soon as This Year<\/p>\n<p>DeepSeek was aiming to raise at least 10 billion yuan of additional funds in a follow-on deal, though the final amount could go higher depending on the number of investors that sign on. The startup had been targeting a pre-money valuation of at least 480 billion yuan, Bloomberg News previously reported. That\u2019s an increase from the roughly $50 billion price tag DeepSeek drew in its first round.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the company has begun preparations for an initial public offering and may file as soon as this year, setting the stage for what could be a landmark debut for the country\u2019s technology industry.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>DeepSeek has drawn enormous interest from would-be investors because it\u2019s one of a clutch of companies that sit at the heart of China\u2019s effort to compete globally on AI. It developed a model last year that stunned the industry, demonstrating the ability to build a cutting-edge yet efficient platform with fewer computing resources. The breakthrough demonstrated that Chinese companies could compete with the best of Silicon Valley despite US export restrictions on advanced hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4204\">A Hims cofounder fired his entire marketing team for AI. Now his 24\/7 online vet service is growing 20% a month<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The startup is now chasing more funds to support an ambitious expansion plan, including an increase in computing capacity.AI labs around the world are striking deals to secure the data center infrastructure they need to train and operate AI services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0DeepSeek\u2019s Liang Tops Amodei and Brockman as Richest AI Founder<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Founded in 2023, DeepSeek is owned by hedge fund Zhejiang High-Flyer Asset Management. Its earlier fundraising set a record for first-time financing by a Chinese tech startup. Apart from Tencent and CATL, it also notably drew the backing of the National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund, one of the vehicles that spearheads Beijing\u2019s over-arching endeavors in the sector.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>DeepSeek\u2019s senior management has told potential investors that the startup will prioritize groundbreaking AI research over short-term commercialization, Bloomberg News has reported. Liang pledged in at least one meeting with investors to keep developing open-source AI models while pursuing the broader goal of achieving artificial general intelligence, underscoring the company\u2019s focus on advancing the frontiers of AI rather than monetization.<\/p>\n<p>Liang\u2019s net worth more than doubled after his firm\u2019s most recent fundraising round, making the Chinese entrepreneur the world\u2019s richest among creators of AI models.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s now worth $36 billion, up from about $16.7 billion previously, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That ranks him well above Anthropic PBC co-founder Dario Amodei and OpenAI\u2019s Greg Brockman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4202\">Schools across America are quietly admitting that screens in classrooms made students worse off and are reversing years of tech-first policies<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspension stemmed in part from Liang\u2019s frustration over online reports about his comments to investors during his first financing deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[481],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funding-round"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DeepSeek said to tell backers of funding pause after viral posts - 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