DeepSeek reportedly agrees to lead seed funding for robot AI startup Winverse AI

Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reports that DeepSeek has agreed to lead a seed round worth tens of millions of dollars for Winverse AI, a months-old startup building AI for robots. Founded by a former top Tencent scientist, Winverse has also drawn commitments from investors including Meituan’s Long-Z Investments, valuing it at about $400 million after the investment. DeepSeek would draw on capital from its own $12 billion-plus financing.