--- title: China’s AI funding surge mints a unicorn every 5 days description: China's AI sector is experiencing a dramatic funding surge, with DeepSeek closing a record $7.4bn first-time raise at a $50bn+ valuation after founder Liang... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-ai-funding-surge-mints-a-unicorn-every-5-days-j8ihee4jr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: China’s AI funding surge mints a unicorn every 5 days | daily.dev og:description: China's AI sector is experiencing a dramatic funding surge, with DeepSeek closing a record $7.4bn first-time raise at a $50bn+ valuation after founder Liang... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-ai-funding-surge-mints-a-unicorn-every-5-days-j8ihee4jr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/J8iHee4Jr.png og:image:alt: China’s AI funding surge mints a unicorn every 5 days og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # China’s AI funding surge mints a unicorn every 5 days **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary China's AI sector is experiencing a dramatic funding surge, with DeepSeek closing a record $7.4bn first-time raise at a $50bn+ valuation after founder Liang Wenfeng concluded that matching Anthropic's Mythos model would require massive compute and data investment. China now has 381 unicorns, minting a new one every five days — double last year's pace. The humanoid robotics sector is also booming, with two new robot unicorns emerging this week and the sector pulling in at least 46bn yuan this year. The broader trend suggests US export restrictions and model bans have paradoxically accelerated Chinese AI investment rather than slowing it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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