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

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 had kept an extremely low profile until Jan. 20, when he was one of nine individuals asked to give a speech at a closed-door symposium hosted by China's Premier Li Qiang. He gave two rare media interviews to Chinese media outlet Waves last year and in 2023,

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Liang Wenfeng is the founder of DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup potentially upending the industry. Here's everything to know about the hedge funder.

DeepSeek launched a free AI assistant last week that the firm says uses less data at a fraction of the cost of current services, triggering a global selloff in tech stocks.

Liang Wenfeng, the founder of DeepSeek, is a prominent figure in China's AI industry, known as the brain behind integrating artificial intelligence with finance. His education at Zhejiang University and visionary leadership have driven DeepSeek's success in shaping the future of AI innovation.