Anthropic faces US export ban — and DeepSeek just raised $7B
the us restricted anthropic over national security risks while deepseek raised $7b to hit a $50b valuation. the moves highlight the us-china ai divide and tightening geopolitical controls.
the us commerce department restricted anthropic's ai exports over national security concerns, with commerce chief lutnik citing intelligence risks. following the ban, anthropic disabled access to its new models for affected foreign users. concurrently, chinese startup deepseek secured $7 billion in the largest-ever first-round for an ai startup, pushing its valuation past $50 billion and signaling continued aggressive investment in chinese models. together, these events highlight the tightening of international ai controls and the intensifying race for dominance between us and chinese labs.