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Chinese AI firm DeepSeek prepares for IPO, eyes $74B valuation

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Chinese AI company DeepSeek is preparing for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Shanghai's Star Market, having hired underwriters including CITIC Securities. The company is also in the process of securing pre-IPO funding that could value it at approximately 500 billion yuan (US$74 billion). This move follows reports of Moonshot, the developer of the Kimi K3 model, also raising funds before its own potential IPO. AI

IMPACT This IPO preparation and significant pre-IPO funding round for DeepSeek indicates strong investor confidence in Chinese AI companies and their potential for growth.

RANK_REASON Significant funding round and IPO preparation for a major AI firm.

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Chinese AI firm DeepSeek prepares for IPO, eyes $74B valuation

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Ben Jiang ·

    Chinese AI firm DeepSeek taps underwriters including Citic Securities for IPO: sources

    Chinese frontier artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek has hired underwriters including Citic Securities in preparation for a domestic initial public offering (IPO), according to two people familiar with the matter. Citic Securities was one of the four underwriters tapped by the H…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has hired underwriters including Citic Securities for a potential IPO on Shanghai's Star Market, according to sources. The company is al

    Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has hired underwriters including Citic Securities for a potential IPO on Shanghai's Star Market, according to sources. The company is also in pre-IPO funding that could value it at 500 billion yuan (74B USD). https://www. scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/arti cle…

    LINKS scmp.com/…/chinese-ai-firm-deepseek-taps-…

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