Tencent Holdings — 投資方 · Tencent is reported to be backing DeepSeek's first external funding round that valued it above $50 billion.來源：techfundingnews.com
DeepSeek is considering expanding its latest funding round to as much as 100 billion yuan ($14.9 billion), double its earlier target, people familiar with the matter told CNBC. Bloomberg reported that DeepSeek is close to securing at least 80 billion yuan with Tencent and CATL among the largest backers, and is eyeing an IPO in early 2027.
