Reports: DeepSeek Raises $15 Billion to Compete with OpenAI and Anthropic 🔹 Chinese startup DeepSeek has raised approximately 100 billion yuan ($15 billion) in a new funding round, one of the largest in the country's history, to strengthen its competition with US artificial intelligence developers OpenAI and Anthropic. Bloomberg reported the news, citing people familiar with the matter. 🔹 The funding will allow the company to accelerate the development of its computing infrastructure and AI models, as well as prepare for a potential stock market listing. 🔹 According to sources, DeepSeek raised its funding target at least twice during investor negotiations: first from 50 billion yuan ($7.5 billion) to 80 billion yuan ($12 billion), and eventually to approximately $15 billion. 🔹 The new round narrows the financial gap between DeepSeek and leading US AI labs. However, OpenAI and Anthropic have each raised more than $100 billion, meaning the Chinese startup still trails them in available capital.