DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng doesn’t fit the profile of an artificial intelligence pioneer that’s common in the popular imagination. Unlike OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, for example, he’s not a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Instead, Liang hails from the world of finance. See more: https://fortune.com/2025/01/27/deepseek-founder-liang-wenfeng-hedge-fund-manager-high-flyer-quant-trading/