What DeepSeek’s First Raise Means for Cheap AI

A lab that built its reputation on refusing outside money is taking it — and the same week, its prices are collapsing across China’s AI market. The two facts are one story. The question for allocators is not who is subsidising cheap tokens, but what every major AI ecosystem’s capital structure now tells you about the price.

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