Liang Wenfeng has gone from boyish, bespectacled math whiz to global tech figure overnight thanks to DeepSeek’s explosive impact on the artificial intelligence industry. The millennial math nerd ...

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 ...

As the effects of the financial crisis hit global markets, far away across the Pacific Ocean, 23-year-old Liang Wenfeng, along with his classmates, was gathering data on financial markets and ...

Here’s what to know about Liang Wenfeng, the engineer who started it. By Paul Mozur Paul Mozur, who reported from Taipei, Taiwan, has been covering Chinese technology for more than a decade.

But who is Liang Wenfeng, the leader of the company so disruptive that it sent Nvidia shares tumbling? According to The Wall Street Journal, DeepSeek isn’t the entrepreneur’s first company.

Liang, 40, on Tuesday returned to Mililing village in Zhanjiang, a port city in southern Guangdong province, where a red banner was raised hailing the low-profile tech entrepreneur as “hometown ...

When asked why he’s not interested in developing both AI models and applications, as most other Chinese companies do, instead focusing solely on research and exploration, Liang says his ...

Vera Wang once again proved she’s aging backwards as she hit the red carpet at the 2025 BAFTAs in London Sunday night. The fashion designer, 75, posed for photos at London’s Royal Festival ...

DeepSeek founder and chief executive Liang Wenfeng received a hero's welcome during his hometown visit for the Lunar New Year holiday, according to local media and social-media posts, as the ...

Liang Wenfeng, the founder of DeepSeek, has redefined the AI landscape, surpassing even ChatGPT to become the most downloaded app in the U.S. With a solid engineering foundation from Zhejiang ...

At 40, Liang Wenfeng has emerged as a key figure in China's growing artificial intelligence (AI) industry, leading DeepSeek. It is an AI startup that has disrupted markets and drawn comparisons to ...

DeepSeek was founded in late 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, a Chinese hedge fund manager. Liang has quickly become a key figure in the AI space, drawing comparisons to Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI.