By July 14, 2026, Liang Wenfeng, the founder of DeepSeek, has seen his net worth surge to $36 billion, marking a year-on-year growth of $19.9 billion. This achievement has propelled him to the 63rd spot on the global rich list and established him as the new wealthiest individual within the global pure AI company sector, outpacing the co-founders of Anthropic and OpenAI. In June of this year, DeepSeek secured its inaugural round of external funding, amassing a total of 51 billion yuan and valuing the company at 400 billion yuan. Notably, Liang Wenfeng personally contributed 20 billion yuan to this endeavor. Established in Hangzhou in July 2023, DeepSeek is dedicated to the research and development of large language models and multimodal AI technologies, with its array of open-source models taking the lead in China. Previously, DeepSeek was entirely funded by High-Flyer Quantitative, a company founded by Liang Wenfeng in 2015. At its zenith, High-Flyer Quantitative managed assets in excess of 70 billion yuan, and the profits generated from its quantitative business have provided robust financial backing for DeepSeek’s autonomous operations over the years.