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Upstart Chinese AI company DeepSeek's founder started out as a low-key hedge fund entrepreneur

The 40-year-old founder of China's DeepSeek, an AI startup that has startled markets with its capacity to compete with industry leaders like OpenAI, kept a low profile as he built up a hedge fund that now manages a reported $8 billion in assets

The Independent UK

DeepSeek, Chinese AI Startup Roiling US Tech Giants

Chinese startup DeepSeek, which has sparked panic on Wall Street with its powerful new chatbot developed at a fraction of the cost of its competitors, was founded by a hedgefund whizz-kid who believes AI can change the world.

International Business Times

US tech stocks partly recover after Trump says DeepSeek AI chatbot is ‘wake-up call’

Tentative rise comes after emergence of cheaper Chinese rival wiped $1tn off the value of leading US tech companies

The Guardian - US

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What’s DeepSeek, China’s AI startup sending shockwaves through global tech?

Chip giant Nvidia shed nearly $600bn in market value after Chinese AI model cast doubt on supremacy of US tech firms.

Al Jazeera

Meet the hedge fund manager who founded DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that began as a hobby and is now laying waste to U.S. stocks

Liang Wenfeng started DeepSeek in 2023, aiming to develop artificial general intelligence.

Fortune

DeepSeek: The best ChatGPT alternative or a hotbed of dubious claims?

ChatGPT may face its stiffest competition yet with DeepSeek, but the AI model that seems to do so much right raises a strange amount of questions.

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What is DeepSeek and how does it compare to ChatGPT? Chinese AI climbs to top of iPhone app chart

The Chinese startup behind the AI service is offering users its most advanced models completely free of charge

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How a Chinese AI startup with a ‘joke of a budget’ won over experts—and spooked investors, the tech sector and the U.S. government

Hangzhou-based DeepSeek has released several open-source AI models that match OpenAI’s performance—with more efficiency and at lower cost.

Fortune

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