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DeepSeek pauses its second fundraising round after founder’s leaked investor comments go viral

DeepSeek has suspended its second fundraising round after comments made by founder Liang Wenfeng during private investor meetings were leaked and went viral on Chinese social media, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Liang verbally informed prospective backers to hold off on the round, which had been targeting a pre-money valuation of roughly 480 billion yuan, equivalent […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Published: 26 July 2026
Source: The Next Web AI
Category: News
Topics: Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 27 July 2026

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ethics.ai (26 July 2026), “DeepSeek pauses its second fundraising round after founder’s leaked investor comments go viral,” evidence record 13660, https://ethics.ai/record/13660 (originally published by The Next Web AI).

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