AI funding tracker
Funding rounds, acquisitions and government grants extracted from the feed and checked by an editor; ASEAN and China-outbound first · 6 deals
| Date | Company | Country | Round | Amount | Investors | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | DeepSeek深度求索DeepSeek reportedly raised about RMB 100 billion in its latest funding round, with CATL and Tencent as major investors, to fund AI data centers and open-source model development ahead of a potential IPO. | China | Other | $14B约 1000 亿元人民币 | 宁德时代 (CATL), 腾讯控股 (Tencent) | 2 stories |
| 2026-10-13 | Zhiyuan Innovation智元创新Zhiyuan Innovation has initiated a new funding round with an amount of approximately 1-1.5 billion yuan and a valuation of about 50 billion yuan, which is nearing completion. | China | Other | $139M约10亿至15亿元 | — | Story → |
| 2026-10-13 | Shita Robotics视塔机器人Shenzhen-based Shita Robotics (视塔机器人) completed an angel round with participation from Huawei's Hubble Investment, a Shenzhen High-tech Investment fund, and Gaoxuan Investment, to fund product development and commercialization of its photonic crystal tactile e-skin. | China | Other | Undisclosed | 华为哈勃投资, 深高新投旗下基金, 高轩投资 | Story → |
| 2026-10-08 | 蝴蝶效应蝴蝶效应Butterfly Effect, the parent company of Manus, announced it has raised over $500 million in a new funding round led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital, with continued support from existing investors Tencent, Sequoia China, and ZhenFund. | China | Other | $500M超过 5 亿美元 | 博裕投资, IDG 资本, 腾讯, 红杉中国, 真格基金 | Story → |
| 2026-10-06 | Moonshot AI月之暗面Moonshot AI completes new funding round at $50 billion valuation, preparing for Hong Kong IPO in early 2027. | China | Other | $50B50,000 million USD | — | 3 stories |
| 2026-10-01 | Tencent腾讯Tencent signed a five-year lease agreement with Oracle to acquire approximately 100,000 advanced AI chips in Southeast Asia, with a transaction valuation of about $7 billion. | China | Other | $7.0B约 70 亿美元 | — | 2 stories |
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