DeepSeek weighs doubling funding round to $15 billion

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, is in talks to increase its current funding round to approximately $14.9 billion, according to sources briefed on the discussions. The final size of the round could still shift as negotiations continue.

The potential upsizing would mark a significant expansion of the startup's capital raise and underscores investor appetite for advanced AI development outside the U.S.