DeepSeek’s $10B Bid Leads Another AI Funding Surge
Tuesday, June 2, 2026 · 10 min
DeepSeek is in talks to raise $10 billion at a $45 billion valuation, while Cognition, DriveNets, Inherent and Gigascale show venture money still clustering around AI infrastructure, agents, science and power-hungry physical systems.
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DeepSeek is in talks to raise $10 billion at a $45 billion valuation, while Cognition, DriveNets, Inherent and Gigascale show venture money still clustering around AI infrastructure, agents, science and power-hungry physical systems.
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