[DeepSeek's First Round of Financing Officially Finalized, Tencent, CATL, and National AI Industry Fund Among Investors] According to Deep潮 TechFlow, on July 15, as reported by the Financial Associated Press, DeepSeek's first round of financing has been officially finalized. Business registration information shows that DeepSeek's affiliated company, Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Fundamental Technology Research Co., Ltd., recently underwent a business registration change, adding Hangzhou Chengli Enterprise Management Consulting Partnership (Limited Partnership) and the National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) as shareholders, with registered capital increasing to 16.4475 million yuan. Specifically, the National AI Industry Fund holds approximately 0.28% of the shares, while Hangzhou Chengli holds approximately 8.52%. A breakdown of equity ownership reveals that Tencent, through its two holding platforms, Shanghai Hengxiu and Shanghai Zhimian, collectively owns over 33% of Hangzhou Chengli. CATL, through Ningbo Meishan Bonded Port Area Wending Investment Co., Ltd., holds approximately 11.7%, while its affiliated Puquan Capital holds about 5%. Additionally, NetEase, JD.com, IDG, Lishi Capital, Shixiang Technology, and Zhengxingu Capital are also participants. Beyond capital developments, DeepSeek is continuing to advance its foundational model research. Following the completion of the first round of financing, the company has initiated large-scale recruitment efforts, with positions spanning areas such as intelligent agents, code-based intelligent agents, native large language model search, underlying computing frameworks, and vertical industry data. In terms of model progress, DeepSeek's most recent significant release was the preview version of DeepSeek-V4 launched in April this year, with the full version scheduled for release in mid-July as per previous plans.