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  "id": 12313810,
  "title": "Sources: DeepSeek is close to raising $12B+ in a round that could reach ~$14.9B, with Tencent and CATL as the biggest contributors, ahead of an early-2027 IPO (Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/sources-deepseek-is-close-to-raising-12b-in-a-round-that-could-reach",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-06T05:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-06/deepseek-to-raise-at-least-12-billion-in-tencent-backed-funding"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "DeepSeek is close to securing at least 80 billion yuan ($12 billion) in its latest round of funding, blowing past …",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: Seagate and Toshiba are bidding for TDK's HDD magnetic head business in a multibillion-dollar deal, as they compete for AI data center storage demand (Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/sources-seagate-and-toshiba-are-bidding-for-tdks-hdd-magnetic-head",
        "published": "2026-10-06T05:00:14.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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