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DeepSeek resumes its $8B funding round at a $74B valuation as Monolith — the same Chinese backer behind Moonshot AI — enters negotiations; TechNode reports DeepSeek plans significant API price increases; OpenAtom Foundation publishes the AIP Agent Interconnection Protocol on its domestic AtomGit platform, operationalizing China’s first national standard for AI agent interconnection; Monolith announces a $500M new fund.