Who is the founder of DeepSeek? Tracing Liang Wenfeng’s path to success

Liang Wenfeng, the founder of the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, has rapidly risen as a notable figure in the artificial intelligence landscape. While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is widely recognized, Wenfeng’s journey to prominence has remained relatively low-profile outside of China.

Born in the 1980s in a modest “fifth-tier city” in Guangdong, China, Wenfeng was the son of a primary school teacher, according to Business Insider.