Who Is Liang Wenfeng, the Founder of the A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek?
The Chinese company DeepSeek seemed to have come out of nowhere this week when it upturned markets. Here’s what to know about Liang Wenfeng, the engineer who started it.
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Upstart Chinese AI company DeepSeek's founder started out as a low-key hedge fund entrepreneur
The 40-year-old founder of China's DeepSeek, an AI startup that has startled markets with its capacity to compete with industry leaders like OpenAI, kept a low profile as he built up a hedge fund ...ABC News - 1d -
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How Chinese A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek Is Competing With OpenAI and Google
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