He is Liang Wenfeng, CEO of DeepSeek AI. ๐
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025
5 years ago, he walked away from Wall Street to chase a dream.
His insane journey will blow your mind. (Read below) ๐ pic.twitter.com/iMx7zdSJtf
1. Before DeepSeek, Liang was the genius behind Huanfang Quantitative, an AI-powered hedge fund that crushed Wall Street.
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025
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
2. In 2015, at just 30, Liang launched High-Flyer, a hedge fund that now manages $8B in AUM.
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025
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
3. In 2021, he made a bold move: buying 10,000 Nvidia H800 chips.
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025
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
4. To win the AI race, Liang hired dozens of PhDs from China’s top universities: Peking, Tsinghua, Beihang.
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025
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
5. US export restrictions threatened to slow them down.
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025
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
6. Liang isn’t afraid to share.
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025
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
7. Today, DeepSeek is at the top of the App Store, used by hedge funds, startups, and everyday people alike.
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025
And Liang? He turned down a $10B acquisition offer.
“DeepSeek isn’t for sale. It’s a mission,” he said. pic.twitter.com/nZHoVTPzSp
8. When he’s not revolutionizing AI, Liang explores deep-sea caves.
— Shruti Mishra (@heyshrutimishra) January 27, 2025
“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
Pika 2.1 just dropped.
— Min Choi (@minchoi) January 27, 2025
The realism is insane.
100% AI.
10 wild examples:
1. Selfie at the beach pic.twitter.com/UKRFIOYPmt
He Changed Joe Rogan’s Life Forever.
— Craig Brockie (@craigbrockie) January 28, 2025
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
Musk wants to "understand the true nature of the universe."
— Rodney (@cryptojourneyrs) January 28, 2025
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: ๐งต pic.twitter.com/e8rdPIxUN5
