Banned in Washington, funded in Beijing. DeepSeek reportedly raised about $15B (roughly 100B yuan) with Tencent and CATL leading, just two days after the US ordered federal agencies to remove its technology. It's one of China's largest private AI raises. My take: restrictions reshape who funds AI, they don't stop it. Do bans like this actually slow a frontier AI lab down? More AI news at www.contentbuffer.com #AI #DeepSeek #China #AIPolicy #Funding #TechNews