<div id="readability-page-1"><div>CATL (03750.HK) +2.000 (+0.292%) Short selling $1.03B; Ratio 38.100% plans to participate in the RMB50 billion first-round financing of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, which is anticipated to be completed as early as early Jun, The Information and Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. DeepSeek's pre-money valuation is approximately USD45 billion.DeepSeek's fundraising purportedly attracted strong investor interest. China National AI Industry Investment Fund, also known as Guozhi Investment, TENCENT (00700.HK) -9.400 (-2.130%) Short selling $865.79M; Ratio 8.160% , IDG Capital and Monolith Capital are close to confirming their participation, while NTES-S (09999.HK) +1.000 (+0.551%) Short selling $462.88M; Ratio 15.995% and JD-SW (09618.HK) -1.200 (-0.986%) Short selling $370.10M; Ratio 36.791% are in talks. (HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2026-05-22 16:25.)</div></div>

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CATL plans to join DeepSeek's RMB50 billion first-round financing, expected to close by early June. DeepSeek's pre-money valuation is around USD45 billion, with strong investor interest from firms like Guozhi Investment, Tencent, IDG Capital, and Monolith Capital. Other companies, including NTES and JD, are also in discussions for participation.

CATL Reportedly Joins DeepSeek's RMB50B First-Round Financing