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title: "Sources: DeepSeek doubled its latest round's size due to surging black market Nvidia Blackwell chip prices, with Chinese state-owned investors representing 27% (The Information)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-deepseek-doubled-its-latest-rounds-size-due-to-surging-black-b420420c
published: 2026-10-30T03:35:00.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
---

# Sources: DeepSeek doubled its latest round's size due to surging black market Nvidia Blackwell chip prices, with Chinese state-owned investors representing 27% (The Information)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-10-30 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-deepseek-doubled-its-latest-rounds-size-due-to-surging-black-b420420c

The Information : Sources: DeepSeek doubled its latest round's size due to surging black market Nvidia Blackwell chip prices, with Chinese state-owned investors representing 27% — Chinese AI star DeepSeek's nearly $16 billion funding round this month involved not only a deluge of capital but a who's …

In this story: [DeepSeek](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/deepseek), [AI Chips](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-chips), [Nvidia](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/nvidia)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261029/p71#a261029p71)

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