DeepSeek Raises $7.4 Billion Series A Round - AIskimIQ Daily Brief - 2026-06-20

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek closed a landmark $7.4 billion Series A round, signaling massive institutional confidence in frontier AI development, while AI inference startup Baseten is reportedly pursuing a $1.5 billion raise just months after its last mega-round. Meanwhile, Microsoft expanded its agentic AI push by integrating autonomous ERP workflows into Dynamics 365 via Copilot, and Samsung is weighing a stake in Boston Dynamics as the humanoid robotics race intensifies. — Podcast voice is synthetic and episodes are produced with AI workflows.

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