China’s state-backed semiconductor investment arm, the China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, is in talks to lead a funding round for AI company DeepSeek at an estimated $45B valuation, with participation also being considered from firms such as Tencent (TCEHY), The Financial Times’ Zijing Wu, Cheng Leng, and Eleanor Olcott report.
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