DeepSeek could be valued at up to $50 billion in first fundraising, sources say

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May 6 (Reuters) - Chinese AI startup DeepSeek could be valued at as much as $50 billion in ​its maiden fundraising drive, three sources said, ‌as the large language model builder seeks to reverse its years-long strategy of rejecting outside funding.China's 60-billion-yuan ($8.8 billion) ​national artificial intelligence fund, founded in January last ​year, is in talks to be a ⁠lead investor in DeepSeek's fundraising, said one of ​the sources familiar with the matter.The start-up could ​raise $3