TechFlow news, July 15, according to Cailianshe, DeepSeek's first round of financing has officially closed. Business registration information shows that Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd., the company associated with DeepSeek, recently underwent business changes, adding Hangzhou Chengli Enterprise Management Partnership (Limited Partnership) and National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) as shareholders, with registered capital increased to 16.4475 million yuan.
Specifically, the National Artificial Intelligence Industry Fund holds about 0.28%, and Hangzhou Chengli holds about 8.52%. Equity penetration shows that Tencent holds a stake of over 33% in Hangzhou Chengli through two holding platforms, Shanghai Hengxiu and Shanghai Zhimian; CATL holds a stake of about 11.7% through Ningbo Meishan Bonded Port Area Wending Investment Co., Ltd., and the associated Puquan Capital holds a stake of about 5%. In addition, NetEase, JD.com, IDG, Lisi Capital, Shixiang Technology, and Zhengxin Valley Capital also participated.
In addition to progress at the capital level, DeepSeek is also continuing to advance basic model research and development. After the first round of financing closed, the company has launched large-scale recruitment, with positions involving agents, code agents, native large language model search, underlying computing power frameworks, and vertical industry data. In terms of model progress, DeepSeek's most recent important release was the DeepSeek-V4 preview version launched in April this year, and the full version is scheduled to be released in the middle of this month according to previous plans.
