According to CoinMeta, DeepSeek recently completed a financing round of approximately 100 billion yuan (about 15 billion US dollars), setting a new record for the single-round financing in China's AI industry. The target amount for this financing round was raised from the initial 80 billion yuan to 100 billion yuan. CATL and Tencent Holdings participated as major investors, with IDG Capital, Lisi Capital, and Shixiang Capital also joining in. New investors included Legend Capital, Shixi Capital, Geely Automobile Industry Fund, SMIC Juyuan, and Hengdian Capital.