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DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng becomes world's richest AI model developer after funding round
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DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng becomes world's richest AI model developer after funding round
Liang Wenfeng's net worth more than doubled to $36 billion after a funding round, surpassing the founders of OpenAI and Anthropic.
- Liang Wenfeng's net worth rose to $36 billion, up from $16.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
- Greg Brockman, president of OpenAI, is ranked 100th on the Bloomberg index with an estimated net worth of $25.5 billion.
- Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei is ranked 491st with a net worth of $7.98 billion, according to Bloomberg.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is not listed among the Bloomberg top 500; Forbes estimates his net worth at $3.4 billion.
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