Founder of DeepSeek, Wenfeng Liang, Sees Net Worth Surge to $36 Billion, Becoming the World's Richest AI Model Founder

BlockBeats News, July 14th, according to DeepTech Beating monitoring, DeepSeek completed its first round of financing, causing founder Liang Wenfeng's wealth to surge along with the company's valuation.

Bloomberg's Billionaires Index raised his net worth from $16.7 billion to $36 billion, an increase of $19.3 billion. According to Bloomberg's calculations, he has surpassed Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, becoming the world's richest AI model founder.

DeepSeek's financing in this round exceeded 50 billion RMB, with a valuation of over $50 billion. Liang Wenfeng himself contributed about 20 billion RMB, accounting for nearly 40% of the financing and also being the largest contributor.

The financing structure is also very unique. Most investors did not directly invest in DeepSeek; instead, they put money into a limited partnership enterprise managed by Liang Wenfeng. Investors are required to lock up their investment for five years and typically have no voting rights. DeepSeek has received a massive amount of funds, yet Liang Wenfeng still firmly retains control.