DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has become the world's richest AI founder after his wealth more than doubled following the Chinese startup's latest fundraising round. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Liang Wenfeng's net worth has increased to $36 billion, up from about $16.7 billion, putting him ahead of Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman.

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng's net worth hit $16.7 billion after raising over $7.4 billion, making him the world's wealthiest AI model creator.

Liang is now worth $36 billion, up from about $16.7 billion previously, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That ranks him well above Anthropic PBC co-founder Dario…