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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.

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

A picture of a Chinese building materials company executive named Liang Wenfeng is being shared online and misidentified as Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's founder and CEO.

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.

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