The Chinese ai Deepseek was the global headlines for helping to cause a massive sale in technological actions in the United States on Monday, with Nvidia falling almost 20%.
In China, the exaggeration of Depseek has sent actions of some public companies with alleged links with its height. The problem: there is no evidence that these companies invested or cooperated with Depseek to begin with.
Deepseek investors are rumored And capital and Zhejiang Orient appeared 10% on Monday, while an investigation company called Sublime information in China He jumped 20% for allegedly cooperating with Depseek in his ai models. (Those are the maximum legal daily gains in Chinese exchanges).
However, China's sublime information denied cooperating with Depseek in a divulgationand Huajin Capital denied For a Chinese business media, which once revealed a Squeek investment. The Zhejiang Investment Company has not responded to a request for comments from TechCrunch, but there is also no public evidence to be an investor in Deepseek.
Rumors seem to have originated from Chinese without foundation liza -What have become viral-several companies quoted in the stock market supposedly linked to Deepseek.
Deepseek, a private company, has never publicly announced any risk capital investment, while Chinese companies Archives Do not mention VC companies at the Depseek cap table. Instead, its founder Liang Wenfeng appears as the beneficial owner of the three entities that form Deepseek. Deepseek is funded by the firm Quant High-Flyer (of which Wenfeng is CEO) and has no plans to raise funds, Wenfeng said Chinese media waves last year.
In a 2023 interview With the same exit, Wenfeng said he had discussions with different sources of financing, but VCs “seemed hesitant” about investing in a company -centered company, prioritizing commercialization.
Depseek did not respond to TechCrunch's request.
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