What is DeepSeek's current founder?

Liang Wenfeng, dated July 17, 2023, from 3 secondary sources (thestar.com.my, cnbc.com and thedailystar.net). The record asserts this claim as of November 8, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).

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DeepSeek founder

As of November 8, 2026, DeepSeek's founder on the AsOf record is Liang Wenfeng, dated July 17, 2023, from 3 secondary sources (thestar.com.my, cnbc.com and thedailystar.net). The record holds 1 claim on DeepSeek's founder, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

current founder: Liang WenfengJuly 17, 2023 · 3 sources

Cite DeepSeek founder

Each form names the value, its as-of date (2023-07-17), the day you read it (2026-11-08), the claim's stable URL and id and its primary source. The URL never changes: a superseded claim stays at the same address.

Plain text

AsOf. "DeepSeek founder: Liang Wenfeng", as of 2023-07-17. Claim clm_48759F48FF5D, https://asof.is/claim/clm_48759F48FF5D, accessed 2026-11-08. Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2025/01/31/who-is-the-founder-of-the-ai-startup-deepseek.

APA

AsOf. (2023). DeepSeek founder: Liang Wenfeng (as of 2023-07-17) [Record clm_48759F48FF5D]. Retrieved November 8, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_48759F48FF5D (source: https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2025/01/31/who-is-the-founder-of-the-ai-startup-deepseek)

BibTeX

@misc{asof_clm_48759F48FF5D,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {DeepSeek founder: Liang Wenfeng},
  year = {2023},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_48759F48FF5D}},
  note = {Claim clm\_48759F48FF5D, as of 2023-07-17; source: https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2025/01/31/who-is-the-founder-of-the-ai-startup-deepseek},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}

Every dated value

1 claims · oldest first · superseded claims stay visible

DeepSeek founder: every dated value on the record, oldest first, with its dates, status, confidence and sources
value	valid from	valid to	status	conf	sources	claim
Liang Wenfeng to present · conf 0.95 · 3 src for founder Liang Wenfeng from 2023-07-17, claim clm_48759F48FF5D	2023-07-17	present	valid	0.95	3 sources for founder Liang Wenfeng from 2023-07-17	claim →

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What is DeepSeek's current founder?: Liang Wenfeng, dated July 17, 2023, from 3 secondary sources (thestar.com.my, cnbc.com and thedailystar.net). The record asserts this claim as of November 8, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).

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