[Informed sources confirmed that DeepSeek is preparing for the IPO of the Science and Technology Innovation Board and CITIC has entered the market for due diligence] On September 9, market news said that DeepSeek has entrusted CITIC Securities to prepare for the IPO of the Science and Technology Innovation Board. The reporter learned from people familiar with the matter that the news was true. At present, CITIC Securities has contacted DeepSeek and entered the due diligence stage, but the two parties have not yet signed a formal listing guidance agreement. The reporter combed and found that CITIC Securities has formed multiple project pipelines such as A-share computing power chips, robots, and Hong Kong stock 18C autonomous driving, embodied intelligence, etc. in the AI ​​and smart hard technology IPO. (21 Finance)