Flip News — tencent news https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/tencent/ The latest Flip News stories on tencent. en-GB Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:01:07 GMT DeepSeek close to raising at least $12bn in Tencent-backed round ahead of early-2027 IPO https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/deepseek-12bn-tencent-funding-round/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/deepseek-12bn-tencent-funding-round/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT DeepSeek is close to securing at least 80 billion yuan in a Tencent- and CATL-backed funding round, Bloomberg and Reuters report, setting the stage for a landmark IPO in early 2027. Sarah Whitfield deepseek artificial-intelligence venture-capital tencent huawei Bloomberg; Reuters