Barackface: January 2025

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Valmiki’s Ramayana

28: Hanuman

Why has AI research in the US been so bloated?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 28, 2025

next phase of the msft x oai partnership is gonna be much better than anyone is ready for!! pic.twitter.com/LL6rUDDy50
— Sam Altman (@sama) January 28, 2025

You’re telling me a Chinese made AI application is collecting my U.S. data to distribute to other Chinese companies that are also collecting my data? No way!
— Douglas A. Boneparth (@dougboneparth) January 28, 2025

Deepseek just caused a $1.2T market collapse.

While stock prices are in freefall:

A small group of investors just saw their net worth EXPLODE.

What these billionaires knew that Wall Street didn't: pic.twitter.com/xPTFOADjUe
— Tim Carden (@timjcarden) January 28, 2025

Lord Kalki Is The Holy Father And He Is Here

@paramendrakumarbhagat
The Most Awaited Person In Human History Is Here https://a.co/d/gBDPD9N
♬ original sound Paramendra Kumar Bhagat

The Most Awaited Person In Human History Is Here https://t.co/UPrgHVyMjs pic.twitter.com/ijtWSDXMfb
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 28, 2025

DeepSeek R1 has really changed the AI LLM game.

People are creating wild use cases beyond ChatGPT. There's a major shift.

10 examples: pic.twitter.com/SRoAFS7Y0D
— Min Choi (@minchoi) January 28, 2025

Liang Wenfeng, CEO of DeepSeek AI

He is Liang Wenfeng, CEO of DeepSeek AI. 🚀

5 years ago, he walked away from Wall Street to chase a dream.

His insane journey will blow your mind. (Read below) 👇 pic.twitter.com/iMx7zdSJtf
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025

1. Before DeepSeek, Liang was the genius behind Huanfang Quantitative, an AI-powered hedge fund that crushed Wall Street.

His algorithms predicted market trends with scary accuracy.

But Liang wasn’t satisfied.

He saw a bigger problem to solve: AI for everyone, not just the… pic.twitter.com/ecoIAIxuq5
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025

2. In 2015, at just 30, Liang launched High-Flyer, a hedge fund that now manages $8B in AUM.

He made a fortune, but his dream was bigger—building “human-level AI.”

He pitched this side hustle to his partners, but they were skeptical.

Liang pressed on. pic.twitter.com/52G777YqIr
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025

3. In 2021, he made a bold move: buying 10,000 Nvidia H800 chips.

He brought his top hedge fund employees on board—experts at squeezing maximum power from GPUs.

Then in 2023, DeepSeek was born.

A tiny team, relentless execution, and no shortcuts. pic.twitter.com/S8DuVic5Y1
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025

4. To win the AI race, Liang hired dozens of PhDs from China’s top universities: Peking, Tsinghua, Beihang.

He paid salaries rivaling Bytedance, refusing to settle for anything less than the best.

“DeepSeek will be the leading local AI company,” he said. pic.twitter.com/EN8DZnZnuI
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025

5. US export restrictions threatened to slow them down.

Instead, the DeepSeek team got creative—developing new methods to train AI models like their V3 and r1 LLMs.

The result?

Models competitive with OpenAI and Anthropic at ~1/20th the cost. pic.twitter.com/LdmkeddKzW
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025

6. Liang isn’t afraid to share.

DeepSeek published their groundbreaking methods in a paper co-authored by 200+ researchers.

The company’s transparency fuels innovation, but critics question how they’ve achieved such rapid efficiency. pic.twitter.com/uG7O9E3rXI
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025

7. Today, DeepSeek is at the top of the App Store, used by hedge funds, startups, and everyday people alike.

And Liang? He turned down a $10B acquisition offer.

“DeepSeek isn’t for sale. It’s a mission,” he said. pic.twitter.com/nZHoVTPzSp
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025

8. When he’s not revolutionizing AI, Liang explores deep-sea caves.

“Sometimes, the answers are deep below the surface,” he says.

As per 2022 data: 38% of the top-tier AI talent in the U.S. are Chinese vs 37% American.

His story proves that vision + relentless hustle =… pic.twitter.com/gYruOQoPbg
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025

Pika 2.1 just dropped.

The realism is insane.

100% AI.

10 wild examples:

1. Selfie at the beach pic.twitter.com/UKRFIOYPmt
— Min Choi (@minchoi) January 27, 2025

He Changed Joe Rogan’s Life Forever.

Meet The Knees Over Toes Guy.

The mysterious man who turned his own “Bad Knees” into his greatest asset.

And helped millions reverse injuries their doctors gave up on.

Here are His Top 3 Secrets for Super-Human Strength & Flexibility. pic.twitter.com/5YN0Lpq4qz
— Craig Brockie (@craigbrockie) January 28, 2025

Musk wants to "understand the true nature of the universe."

Not through deep meditation or critical thinking.

Not through religion or science.

But by using AI.

Here's how his new startup became a powerhouse in less than a year: 🧵 pic.twitter.com/e8rdPIxUN5
— Rodney (@cryptojourneyrs) January 28, 2025