BREAKING
DeepSeek Raises $7.4B First Round
0
B
raised (USD)
0
B
valuation (USD)
0
B
yuan raised
Deal Preserves Liang's Control
1
Limited partnership
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2
5-year lock-up
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3
No investor votes
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4
Liang keeps control
V4 Pricing Undercuts Rivals
V4-Pro out
0.87
V4-Pro in
0.44
V4-Flash out
0.28
V4-Flash in
0.14
Cheap Tokens, Contested Reach
Advantage
Cost
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Open-weight, self-hostable
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10-35x cheaper by some estimates
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Runs on Huawei chips
Caveat
Limits
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US market restrictions
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Agent workflows burn tokens
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Not the absolute frontier
Next: $1.5B Round Eyed
AI NEWS BLITZ
DeepSeek has closed a roughly seven point four billion dollar first funding round.