PANews, June 18 – According to a report by The Paper, DeepSeek has officially launched an image recognition mode on its web version, while the app version is currently in internal beta testing. The feature currently has limited accuracy, repeatedly failing to correctly identify a photo of founder Liang Wenfeng, with the model ultimately opting to prompt "saying I don't know is better than guessing wildly." The report also disclosed that DeepSeek's first round of financing exceeding 50 billion yuan has been largely finalized, with Liang Wenfeng personally contributing approximately 20 billion yuan, making him the largest single investor; Tencent contributing approximately 10 billion yuan; CATL and Puquan Capital together contributing approximately 5 billion yuan; NetEase, JD.com, Monolith Capital, and IDG Capital each contributing approximately 3 billion yuan; and Zhenxingu Investment and Shixiang Technology each contributing approximately 1.5 billion yuan. Sources familiar with the matter said one of the core investment terms is that investors are prohibited from poaching DeepSeek employees or encouraging them to leave and start their own ventures.