- Published on January 29, 2025
- In AI Features
Who is DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng?
Born in 1980s Guangdong, Wenfeng founded Jacobi (2013) and High-Flyer (2015), building a career in finance and AI.
- By Aditi Suresh
As the Chinese AI lab DeepSeek gains global attention, so does the speculation about its founder. Misinformation has spread so widely that a fake account on X claiming to belong to CEO Liang Wenfeng prompted the company to issue a public clarification.
The launch of ChatGPT sparked a generative AI revolution in 2022, and now, DeepSeek’s release is generating a similar reaction. DeepSeek has surged to the top of the Google Play Store, just days after its chatbot app secured the No. 1 spot on the Apple App Store.
When asked about being called the ‘industry’s catfish’ in an interview originally published by 36Kr—a reference to a Chinese TV show where catfish symbolize market disruptors due to their cannibalistic nature—Wenfeng responded, “We didn’t set out to be a ‘cat
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Aditi Suresh
I hold a degree in political science, and am interested in how AI and online culture intersect. I am at aditi.suresh@analyticsindiamag.com & x.com/aditisuresh12
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