Large Model Companies and AI Infrastructure Firms Recently Attract Capital


Liang Wenfeng’s DeepSeek completes $7.4B funding, his net worth surges to $36B, making him the world’s richest AI entrepreneur, surpassing founders of Anthropic and OpenAI. DeepSeek’s valuation hits $50B, setting a record for AI model company financing.....
Sina's VibeThinker-3B, a 3B-parameter model, rivals much larger models in math and coding benchmarks, surpassing top products on certain competition tasks. Its success stems from unique training on Alibaba's Qwen2, challenging the 'bigger is better' paradigm.....
On June 29, "Moonshot AI" issued a statement clarifying false financing and share transfer rumors, alleging fraud by some parties. The company handles all financing directly, has never authorized any third-party financial advisor, nor entrusted share transactions. It urges public caution.....
Five departments jointly issued the "Action Plan for 'Artificial Intelligence + Transportation'", focusing on the intelligent transformation of civil aviation, encouraging the development of industry-specific large models to empower core aspects such as route planning, safety monitoring, and flight scheduling.
DeepSeek completed an A-round financing of approximately 51 billion yuan, with its valuation surging to 400 billion yuan. Due to the highly promising market prospects, the financing competition was intense, and it has shifted from seeking investors to companies screening participation qualifications, with a top-tier investment team ultimately investing.