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Who Is the Mysterious Founder of China’s DeepSeek?

2025/5/20
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Saritha Rai: 我认为梁文峰是一位非常神秘且低调的科技企业家,他致力于将中国打造成人工智能领域的强国。他早年创立量化对冲基金并获得了巨大的成功,但他对人工智能的热情促使他创立了DeepSeek。DeepSeek的早期宣言就展现了他避免平庸、挑战AI领域难题的决心,以及将中国推向AI领导地位的雄心。DeepSeek通过技术创新和开源策略,在全球AI领域迅速崛起,并对美国构成了挑战。尽管DeepSeek取得了显著的成就,但它也面临着来自中国国内其他科技巨头的竞争,以及如何将技术商业化的挑战。此外,DeepSeek的开源策略也引发了一些争议,一些人认为这可能存在安全风险。 K. Oanh Ha: 我对梁文峰和DeepSeek的崛起感到非常好奇。DeepSeek的稀疏性技术是否可以理解为,AI模型只使用大脑的特定部分进行计算,而不是动用所有资源?DeepSeek选择开源模型的原因是什么?这在战略上有什么意义?

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This chapter introduces Liang Wenfeng, the mysterious founder of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup that has taken the tech world by storm. It explores his background, education, and previous ventures, highlighting his transition from quantitative finance to AI.
  • Liang Wenfeng, founder of DeepSeek, is a relatively unknown figure despite his company's global impact.
  • He hails from a small village in Guangdong province and studied at Zhejiang University.
  • Prior to DeepSeek, he founded a successful quantitative hedge fund, High Flyer Management.
  • DeepSeek's early culture was described as geeky and unorthodox, attracting top talent from companies like Google and Facebook.

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Despite the global hype around China’s DeepSeek, very little is known about the man behind it – Liang Wenfeng.

On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg's Saritha Rai about the tech founder who led DeepSeek to the frontline of AI advances and what the company’s rise tells us about the battle for AI dominance.

Further listening: Why DeepSeek Sent Nvidia, Other Tech Stocks Tumbling)

Watch, from Originals: How China’s DeepSeek Came for Big AI)

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