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DeepSeek plans to lead a seed round in robotics startup Winverse AI

People familiar with the matter say DeepSeek plans to lead a seed round in robotics AI startup Winverse AI — tens of millions of dollars at a post-money valuation of about $400M.

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01What happened

Meituan's Long-Z fund and others have committed. Winverse AI is months old and has not shipped a product.

The deal is not final, and the amount, valuation and investor list may still change. It is DeepSeek's second robotics investment in two months.

02By the numbers

$400M
post-money valuation
¥2.8B
in CNY at the same $400M valuation
2 months
between DeepSeek's two robotics bets

03Timeline

  1. 01
    October 12, 2026
    Event day

    Word spreads that DeepSeek plans to lead the seed round

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