Deepseek Eyes $15 Billion Funding Round And 2027 IPO
Chinese AI startup Deepseek is nearing a $15 billion funding round and preparing for an initial public offering in early 2027.
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October 2026
September 2026
Deepseek Releases Open-Source Software for Huawei AI Chips
Deepseek and Huawei have teamed up to release open-source programming tools for Huawei Ascend AI chips.
China Investigates DeepSeek and Moonshot Over Alleged Data Leaks to Anthropic
The Cyberspace Administration of China is investigating DeepSeek and Moonshot AI following Anthropic's claims that the labs routed sensitive data to U.S. servers.
February 2026
DeepSeek Trained Its Latest Model on Banned Nvidia Blackwell Chips
A senior Trump administration official confirms DeepSeek used Nvidia Blackwell GPUs to train its next model, likely violating U.S. export controls.
OpenAI Accuses DeepSeek of Distilling Its Models to Train Rival AI
OpenAI has formally asked U.S. lawmakers to act after alleging that DeepSeek systematically extracted ChatGPT outputs to train its own models.
