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Liang Wenfeng

(梁文锋)

Liang Wenfeng

梁文锋

The latest news and top stories on Liang Wenfeng. An alumnus of Zhejiang University with a background in electronic engineering and computer vision, he co-founded High-Flyer, a prominent quantitative hedge fund utilising artificial intelligence in finance. Pivoting to AI, he established DeepSeek in 2023.

DeepSeek

Core team of Chinese researchers behind AI model R1 remains intact: DeepSeek

The 18 core scientists behind R1 continue to power the start-up’s AI ambitions and capabilities amid growing anticipation of a new release.

8 Jan 2026 - 9:00PM

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek pitches new route to scale AI, but researchers call for more testing

5 Jan 2026 - 7:00PM

Artificial intelligence

China takes confident strides to develop more AI innovation in 2026

3 Jan 2026 - 11:00AM

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek proposes fundamental AI shift with ‘mHC’ architecture to upgrade ResNet

The paper comes at a time when most AI start-ups have been focusing on turning AI capabilities in LLMs into agents and other products.

4 Jan 2026 - 4:05PM

The DeepSeek paper triggered interest and debate among developers despite its dense technical details. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek opens 2026 with paper signalling race to train bigger models for less

DeepSeek has published a technical paper co-authored by founder Liang Wenfeng proposing a rethink of its core deep learning architecture.

1 Jan 2026 - 9:51PM

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng among top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’

British journal Nature’s top 10 list gives credit to the man behind the widely acclaimed, Chinese-developed R1 reasoning AI model.

9 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

DeepSeek

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng cleans up on chip firm Moore Threads’ IPO

Liang’s quantitative hedge fund, High-Flyer, subscribes to more than 80,000 Moore Threads shares, which saw a stellar trading debut in Shanghai.

8 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM

Liang Wenfeng, the founder and CEO of artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek. Photo: Shutterstock

Xiaomi

Chinese AI prodigy Luo Fuli joins Xiaomi as competition for talent heats up

The ex-DeepSeek researcher is known for being a key contributor to the development of the AI start-up’s V2 model last year.

13 Nov 2025 - 9:58AM

DeepSeek

China’s DeepSeek makes rare comment, calls for AI ‘whistle-blower’ on job losses

Remarks by CEO Liang Wenfeng’s delegate highlight potential dangers of race to build superintelligent systems.

9 Nov 2025 - 1:53PM

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek sets example for AI firms to have work peer reviewed, experts say

There could be more submissions by Chinese tech firms to world-leading journals, according to Shanghai-based AI researcher Zhu Xiaohu.

23 Sep 2025 - 7:00AMvideocam

DeepSeek’s peer-reviewed article in British journal Nature serves as a guidepost for other AI firms. Photo: Shutterstock

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek warns of ‘jailbreak’ risks for its open-source models

Industry benchmarks as well as its own tests were used to evaluate its models, according to an article in the academic journal Nature.

21 Sep 2025 - 7:00AMvideocam

DeepSeek

DeepSeek sheds light on data collection for AI training

DeepSeek says data in pre-training stage is mainly collected from publicly available online information and authorised third-party data.

3 Sep 2025 - 6:00PM

Artificial intelligence

My Take | DeepSeek’s data format innovation fans fresh hopes of more disruption

DeepSeek’s incremental progress is significant as it has created a new trajectory for China to achieve AI supremacy.

26 Aug 2025 - 7:00AM

DeepSeek

DeepSeek’s upgraded AI model absorbs reasoning feature in agentic shift

The V3.1 update lays the groundwork for the model to support AI agents, DeepSeek says.

21 Aug 2025 - 7:00PMvideocam

DeepSeek

DeepSeek’s V3.1 update sparks speculation over fate of next AI model

The Chinese start-up has introduced only a few incremental updates in recent months, while competitors have released new models.

20 Aug 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

DeepSeek has released a new update of its V3 model. Photo: AFP

China stock market

China stocks reach 10-year high as savers seek escape from low rates

Shanghai shares have climbed to the highest since 2015 as low valuations and a lack of alternatives lure cautious savers into stocks.

19 Aug 2025 - 5:31PM

DeepSeek

Speculation grows on DeepSeek’s next AI model after OpenAI’s GPT-5

DeepSeek has reportedly delayed the launch of its R2 model owing to challenges in training it with Huawei chips.

14 Aug 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

DeepSeek

DeepSeek founder shares best paper award at top global AI research conference

More than half of the first-named authors on accepted papers originated from China, up from less than 30 per cent last year.

31 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM

DeepSeek has focused its efforts on research and was not rushing into fundraising or new commercial ventures. Photo: Shutterstock Images

US-China relations

As Trump flip-flops on US academia, China’s brightest head back home. Here’s why

Annual global ratings list is latest indicator of growing influence of Chinese institutions as US-based talent heads overseas.

15 Jul 2025 - 8:38AMvideocam

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Liang Wenfeng

(梁文锋)

Core team of Chinese researchers behind AI model R1 remains intact: DeepSeek

The 18 core scientists behind R1 continue to power the start-up’s AI ambitions and capabilities amid growing anticipation of a new release.

DeepSeek pitches new route to scale AI, but researchers call for more testing

China takes confident strides to develop more AI innovation in 2026

DeepSeek proposes fundamental AI shift with ‘mHC’ architecture to upgrade ResNet

The paper comes at a time when most AI start-ups have been focusing on turning AI capabilities in LLMs into agents and other products.

DeepSeek opens 2026 with paper signalling race to train bigger models for less

DeepSeek has published a technical paper co-authored by founder Liang Wenfeng proposing a rethink of its core deep learning architecture.

DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng among top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’

British journal Nature’s top 10 list gives credit to the man behind the widely acclaimed, Chinese-developed R1 reasoning AI model.

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng cleans up on chip firm Moore Threads’ IPO

Liang’s quantitative hedge fund, High-Flyer, subscribes to more than 80,000 Moore Threads shares, which saw a stellar trading debut in Shanghai.

Chinese AI prodigy Luo Fuli joins Xiaomi as competition for talent heats up

The ex-DeepSeek researcher is known for being a key contributor to the development of the AI start-up’s V2 model last year.

China’s DeepSeek makes rare comment, calls for AI ‘whistle-blower’ on job losses

Remarks by CEO Liang Wenfeng’s delegate highlight potential dangers of race to build superintelligent systems.

DeepSeek sets example for AI firms to have work peer reviewed, experts say

There could be more submissions by Chinese tech firms to world-leading journals, according to Shanghai-based AI researcher Zhu Xiaohu.

DeepSeek warns of ‘jailbreak’ risks for its open-source models

Industry benchmarks as well as its own tests were used to evaluate its models, according to an article in the academic journal Nature.

DeepSeek sheds light on data collection for AI training

DeepSeek says data in pre-training stage is mainly collected from publicly available online information and authorised third-party data.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}My Take | DeepSeek’s data format innovation fans fresh hopes of more disruption

DeepSeek’s incremental progress is significant as it has created a new trajectory for China to achieve AI supremacy.

DeepSeek’s upgraded AI model absorbs reasoning feature in agentic shift

The V3.1 update lays the groundwork for the model to support AI agents, DeepSeek says.

DeepSeek’s V3.1 update sparks speculation over fate of next AI model

The Chinese start-up has introduced only a few incremental updates in recent months, while competitors have released new models.

China stocks reach 10-year high as savers seek escape from low rates

Shanghai shares have climbed to the highest since 2015 as low valuations and a lack of alternatives lure cautious savers into stocks.

Speculation grows on DeepSeek’s next AI model after OpenAI’s GPT-5

DeepSeek has reportedly delayed the launch of its R2 model owing to challenges in training it with Huawei chips.

DeepSeek founder shares best paper award at top global AI research conference

More than half of the first-named authors on accepted papers originated from China, up from less than 30 per cent last year.

As Trump flip-flops on US academia, China’s brightest head back home. Here’s why

Annual global ratings list is latest indicator of growing influence of Chinese institutions as US-based talent heads overseas.

My Take | DeepSeek’s data format innovation fans fresh hopes of more disruption