DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng overtakes Amodei and Brockman as AI’s richest founder

Liang Wenfeng became the richest AI founder after DeepSeek's valuation soared to about $50bn following a $7.4bn funding round. His net worth jumped to $36bn, surpassing Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Greg Brockman. Liang invested $3bn personally, emphasizing DeepSeek's focus on open-source AI and artificial general intelligence.