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DeepSeek pauses its second fundraising round after founder’s leaked investor comments go viral
ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
DeepSeek has halted its second fundraising round after founder Liang Wenfeng’s comments on the compute gap to the United States were leaked and went viral. The remarks, which were originally intended for investors, prompted the company to suspend the round. The pause follows the public backlash over the leaked statements.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechMeme·Sources: DeepSeek told investors it is suspending its second funding round after remarks attributed to Liang Wenfeng on US-China AI competition went viral (Pei Li/Bloomberg)
- Hacker News·DeepSeek pause fundraise after comments on compute gap to US leaked (transcript) [pdf]
- The Next Web·DeepSeek pauses its second fundraising round after founder’s leaked investor comments go viral
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