Sources: DeepSeek is close to raising $12B+ in a round that could reach ~$14.9B, with Tencent and CATL as the biggest contributors, ahead of an early-2027 IPO (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: DeepSeek is close to raising $12B+ in a round that could reach ~$14.9B, with Tencent and CATL as the biggest contributors, ahead of an early-2027 IPO — DeepSeek is close to securing at least 80 billion yuan ($12 billion) in its latest round of funding, blowing past …