WORLDTECHDeepSeek leads funding round valuing a Chinese robot AI startup at $400 million
What happened
The investment comes only months after DeepSeek closed its first-ever external funding round. In mid-June 2026, the lab raised approximately 50 billion yuan, or nearly $7.4 billion.
DeepSeek's investment signals a strategic shift towards integrating AI with robotics, potentially accelerating innovation in humanoid machines. The post DeepSeek leads funding round valuing a Chinese robot AI startup at $400 million appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
12, 2026 DeepSeek is now writing checks, not just cashing them. The Hangzhou-based AI lab has led a funding round that values a Chinese robot AI startup at $400 million.
That round set a post-money valuation near 400 billion yuan, around $59 billion. Advertisement Founder Liang Wenfeng personally put in roughly 20 billion yuan, a sizable share of the total raise.
In August 2026, DeepSeek paid 140.8 million yuan, approximately $20.8 million, for a 2.31% stake in Unitree Robotics. Unitree is one of China’s best-known makers of legged and humanoid robots.
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- Crypto Briefing Reporting source
DeepSeek leads funding round valuing a Chinese robot AI startup at $400 million ↗
https://cryptobriefing.com/deepseek-leads-robot-ai-startup-funding/ - The Next Web Reporting source
DeepSeek to lead seed round in $400mn robot AI start-up, Bloomberg reports ↗
https://thenextweb.com/news/deepseek-winverse-ai-robot-seed-round