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Chinese filing implies DeepSeek valuation of around $52 billion

By Thomson Reuters Jul 16, 2026 | 9:59 AM

BEIJING, July 16 (Reuters) – China’s Anhui Korrun ​said a ‌fund in which its subsidiary invested deployed ‌2.90 ​billion ⁠yuan for ⁠an indirect 0.8265% stake in DeepSeek, implying ​the privately held artificial ⁠intelligence ⁠startup was ​valued at 350.88 ​billion yuan ($51.82 billion).

The ‌stock-exchange filing offers rare public evidence ⁠about the pricing of DeepSeek’s maiden ⁠external ‌fundraising, which ⁠the low-profile ​company ‌has never ​publicly ⁠announced or detailed.

($1 = 6.7717 Chinese yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by Eduardo ​Baptista)