India, Jan. 27 -- Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) research lab DeepSeek gained global attention after it released its open-source AI model, DeepSeek-R1, last week, rivalling industry giants like OpenAI.

Here's everything to know about Liang Wenfeng, the founder of DeepSeek.

Liang created DeepSeek due to scientific curiosity rather than for immediate financial returns. "Basic science research rarely offers high returns on investment," a Business Standard report quoted him as saying.

Born in 1985 in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, his educational background includes a Bachelor of Engineering in electronic information engineering and a Master of Engineering in information and communication engineering from Zhejiang University.

Liang re...