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DeepSeek Raises $7.4B at $60B Valuation; Founder Invests $3B

Jun 23, 2026

DeepSeek has raised $7.4 billion USD at a $60 billion valuation, with founder Liang Wenfeng personally investing $3 billion. This demonstrates significant capital flowing into Chinese AI infrastructure.

DeepSeek Announces $10.29 Billion Financing Round

May 23, 2026

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DeepSeek secures massive $10.29 billion funding with founder commitment to continue open-source development rather than short-term commercialization.

Publicis Acquires LiveRamp for $2.5 Billion in Agentic AI Data Play

May 18, 2026

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Publicis Group has announced the acquisition of data connectivity company LiveRamp for $2.5 billion, framed explicitly as a strategic move to build out agentic AI data infrastructure. The deal signals major advertising and marketing conglomerates moving to control first-party data pipelines for AI agent applications. This is one of the larger M&A moves in the AI data space to date.