DeepSeek to Back Ex-Tencent Scientist’s $400mn Robot AI Lab

DeepSeek to back ex-Tencent scientist’s $400mn robot AI lab

DeepSeek has agreed to lead the first funding round for Winverse AI, a start-up building AI for robots, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The seed round is worth tens of millions of dollars and would value Winverse at about $400mn after the investment. Meituan’s investment arm, Long-Z, has also committed, the people said. […] This story continues at The Next Web

DeepSeek Backs Ex-Tencent AI Scientist’s $400 Million Robot Lab

DeepSeek aims to lead the first round of investment for a months-old startup building AI for robots, deploying capital from its own $12 billion-plus financing to help bankroll one of the tech industry’s fastest-growing fields.

DeepSeek leads $400 million funding round for ex-Tencent scientist's robot AI startup

Winverse AI's founder, a former senior Tencent scientist, is building the startup in Hangzhou, the city Unitree and chipmaker Manycore also call home. DeepSeek's bet follows its own $12 billion raise just a week earlier, backed by Tencent and CATL.

Winverse AI 以 4 亿美元估值完成种子轮融资，DeepSeek 领投

ChainCatcher 消息，AI 研究机构 DeepSeek 计划领投机器人 AI 初创公司 Winverse AI 的种子轮融资，投资金额达数千万美元级别。Winverse AI 由前腾讯顶尖 AI 科学家创立，目前仍处于低调运营阶段。除 DeepSeek 外，美团旗下投资机构 Long-Z Investments 等投资者也参与了本轮融资，投资后公司估值约达 4 亿美元。DeepSeek 将动用其超过 120 亿美元的融资资金支持此次投资，押注人工智能与机器人技术这一快速增长领域。此次投资显示，DeepSeek 正在从大模型研发进一步拓展至具身智能和机器人 AI 领域。

DeepSeek leads funding round valuing a Chinese robot AI startup at $400 million

DeepSeek's investment signals a strategic shift towards integrating AI with robotics, potentially accelerating innovation in humanoid machines.