# DeepSeek Raises Nearly $16 billion in Second Funding Round — retained record

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DeepSeek has closed its second funding round, raising 106 billion yuan ($15.9 billion) in one of the biggest-ever fundraising deals in China’s AI sector, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The amount is more than double DeepSeek’s original fundraising target of 50 billion ...
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