DeepSeek's first round of finance is only one month after completion to consider launching a new round of finance

On 14 July, according to the British Financial Times, three informed sources revealed that DeepSeek was considering raising funds only one month after completion of the first round of financing to accelerate the expansion of its infrastructure. According to the source, the company completed its first round of financing around the end of May, amounting to approximately $7 billion, with a post-financing valuation of approximately $52 billion (including new fund-raising). Two of them said that DeepSeek had begun initial contacts with new investors this week to discuss the opening of a new round of financing, with a pre-trading valuation of approximately $71 billion, which meant that its valuation would be about 37 per cent higher than the previous round, although the details of the new round had not yet been finalized. According to informed sources, DeepSeek ' s rapid pace of financing stems mainly from the market ' s expectation of a significant increase in its capital expenditures, including the construction of its own data centre and the purchase of additional AI chips. In addition, the company is actively deploying the AI Agent (AI Agent), which is able to carry out its tasks on its own, which also contributes to a significant increase in the demand for computing power。