The man who founded DeepSeek, the artificial intelligence company that rattled the U.S. stock market, is 40-year-old Liang Wenfeng, a former hedge fund manager who said he shifted into tech to close the gap between China and the U.S. in the AI industry.

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, has Silicon Valley reeling with its R1 reasoning model, which it claims uses far less computing power than those of American

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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.

The millennial math nerd behind DeepSeek launched his own hedge fund before turning to artificial intelligence chips.

Liang Wenfeng, the mastermind behind DeepSeek, has quickly risen to global prominence, shaking the foundations of the artificial intelligence industry. His journey from a hedge fund manager to a leading figure in AI innovation has been nothing short of extraordinary.

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 that now manages a reported $8 billion in assets.

After studying electronics and communication engineering at Zhejiang University, Liang Wenfeng graduated in 2010 with a master's in information and communication engineering.