Who is the founder of the AI startup DeepSeek?

When DeepSeek undercut its Chinese competition last year by offering its model at bargain prices, forcing larger rivals into their own price cuts, Liang dismissed the significance. — Reuters

TAIPEI: In technology, many entrepreneurs get only one defining act. Liang Wenfeng, founder of DeepSeek, is already on his second.

The engineer, described by colleagues as introspective, first made his mark in China’s investment world in the late 2010s, cofounding a hedge fund that used artificial intelligence models to deliver strong returns and attracted billions of dollars in capital.