DeepSeek raises $16 billion and reinforces the viability of open weight in the enterprise

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    "title": "DeepSeek raises $16 billion and reinforces the viability of open weight in the enterprise - lebigdata.fr",
    "excerpt": "Business & Transformation The Chinese publisher has closed a $15.9 billion funding round. This transaction pushes its valuation beyond 600 billion yuan. The influx of cash confirms the viability of the open weight architectures championed by DeepSeek for those seeking alternatives to closed APIs. The transaction therefore provides measurable financial visibility to arbitrate between managed services and sovereign hosting. The Hangzhou-based AI company closed a fundraising round of 106 billion yuan, or $15.9 billion. This figure exceeds its initial goal of 50 billion yuan. The transaction brings the capital raised since June to over 150 billion yuan. It also sets its post-money valuation at over 600 billion yuan ahead of its IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Thus, this cash reserve provides a guarantee regarding DeepSeek's sustainability and the availability of its open weight versions in the face of American software offerings. The mixture-of-experts architecture of DeepSeek-V3 brings together 671 billion parameters, with 37 billion activated per token. Its training mobilizes server clusters composed of tens of thousands of accelerators in continuous operation. The capital reserves built up by the group cover these hardware capital expenditures. They also ensure the maintenance of the training checkpoints made available to the public. DeepSeek reportedly raised $15B after...",
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