🗞️DeepSeek Raises $12B+, Manus Lands $500M After Its Meta Split, and Kling Eyes $1B IPO

DeepSeek has raised at least $12 billion, backed by Tencent; Manus has raised $500 million after spinning off, repositioning itself as a personal AI assistant; Kling is reported to have chosen a bank to prepare for a $1 billion+ IPO.