An $8bn round, reopenedDeepSeek has restarted its second funding round, seeking close to $8bn, Bloomberg reported. Monolith Management, an early backer of the Chinese AI champion Moonshot, is in talks to join. Revenue more than quadrupled to 1.7 billion yuan in 2025, and humanoids became the biggest line. US sales, 13.3% of last year’s revenue, sit exposed to fresh American curbs on Chinese robots. The company that proved AI could be cheap is now raising billions, building data centres, and charging more.