Call it the DeepSeek shock. The Chinese company’s release of a new artificial intelligence model that is on par with its Western peers, yet produced at a fraction of the cost and with far less powerful chips, has upended assumptions about the U.S.’s lead over China in AI as well as the value of major companies from Nvidia on down. The question now is: Could there be more where DeepSeek came from? Even China watchers in the United States have been astonished by DeepSeek’s emergence. Y

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  • Chen Tianshi (陈天石)

    CEO Cambricon Technologies ⛔️

    Chen Tianshi, 39, is the chairman and chief executive of Cambricon Technologies, an AI chipmaker that local media refers to as China’s answer to Nvidia. The company has a market capitalization of around $33 billion; it was China’s best-performing stock in 2024. 60310

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    Chen Tianshi, 39, is the chairman and chief executive of Cambricon Technologies, an AI chipmaker that local media refers to as China’s answer to Nvidia. The company has a market capitalization of around $33 billion; it was China’s best-performing stock in 2024. 60310

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  • Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) 🇨🇳

    First Vice-Premier Chinese Communist Party

    Ding Xuexiang, 62, is the sixth-ranked official on the party’s Politburo Standing Committee, China’s top governing body. He is responsible for science and technology, serving as director of China’s Central Science and Technology Commission. 60301

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    Ding Xuexiang, 62, is the sixth-ranked official on the party’s Politburo Standing Committee, China’s top governing body. He is responsible for science and technology, serving as director of China’s Central Science and Technology Commission. 60301

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  • Gao Wen (高文) 🇨🇳

    Director Peng Cheng Laboratory ⛔️

    Gao Wen, 68, is the founding director of the government-funded AI research institution Peng Cheng Laboratory and a professor at Peking University. The U.S. Department of Commerce added Peng Cheng to the Entity List in January... 60304

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    Gao Wen, 68, is the founding director of the government-funded AI research institution Peng Cheng Laboratory and a professor at Peking University. The U.S. Department of Commerce added Peng Cheng to the Entity List in January... 60304

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  • Huang Tiejun (黄铁军) 🇨🇳

    Dean Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence

    Huang Tiejun, 54, is a professor of computer science at Peking University and the former president of the Beijing Academy of AI, a state-run research institution. A surveillance-focused researcher of visual information processing and “brain-inspired intelligence,” he has... 60298

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    Huang Tiejun, 54, is a professor of computer science at Peking University and the former president of the Beijing Academy of AI, a state-run research institution. A surveillance-focused researcher of visual information processing and “brain-inspired intelligence,” he has... 60298

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  • Jiang Daxin (姜大昕)

    CEO StepFun

    Jiang Daxin is chief executive of Shanghai-based open-source model company StepFun AI, which he co-founded in 2023. He was previously chief scientist of the Software Technology Center at Microsoft Research Asia, where he worked for more than 16 years. 60271

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    Jiang Daxin is chief executive of Shanghai-based open-source model company StepFun AI, which he co-founded in 2023. He was previously chief scientist of the Software Technology Center at Microsoft Research Asia, where he worked for more than 16 years. 60271

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    Jiang Daxin is chief executive of Shanghai-based open-source model company StepFun AI, which he co-founded in 2023. He was previously chief scientist of the Software Technology Center at Microsoft Research Asia, where he worked for more than 16 years. 60271

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  • Kai-Fu Lee (李开复)

    CEO 01.AI

    Kai-Fu Lee, 63, is chief executive at billion-dollar start-up 01.AI, which builds open-source models, and chairman of AI-focused VC firm Sinovation Ventures. One of China’s most high-profile tech sector leaders, he was previously an executive at Apple, Google... 57736

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    Kai-Fu Lee, 63, is chief executive at billion-dollar start-up 01.AI, which builds open-source models, and chairman of AI-focused VC firm Sinovation Ventures. One of China’s most high-profile tech sector leaders, he was previously an executive at Apple, Google... 57736

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  • Robin Li (李彦宏)

    CEO Baidu

    Robin Li, 56, is the billionaire chief executive and chairman of Baidu, the firm he co-founded in 2000. Baidu runs ERNIEBot, one of the most popular large language models in China, and has invested some $23.4 billion in AI. 60245

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    Robin Li, 56, is the billionaire chief executive and chairman of Baidu, the firm he co-founded in 2000. Baidu runs ERNIEBot, one of the most popular large language models in China, and has invested some $23.4 billion in AI. 60245

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  • Liang Rubo (梁汝波)

    CEO ByteDance

    Liang Rubo, born in 1983, is the billionaire chairman and chief executive of tech giant Bytedance, a firm he co-founded in 2012. The company, which owns TikTok and is valued at more than $200 billion, has unveiled several generative AI apps... 60259

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    Liang Rubo, born in 1983, is the billionaire chairman and chief executive of tech giant Bytedance, a firm he co-founded in 2012. The company, which owns TikTok and is valued at more than $200 billion, has unveiled several generative AI apps... 60259

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  • Liang Wenfeng (梁文锋)

    CEO DeepSeek

    Liang Wenfeng, born in 1985, is the chief executive and owner of DeepSeek, an AI firm that develops open-source large language models. The company’s stated goal is to achieve artificial general intelligence. Its R1 model, released in January... 60321

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    Liang Wenfeng, born in 1985, is the chief executive and owner of DeepSeek, an AI firm that develops open-source large language models. The company’s stated goal is to achieve artificial general intelligence. Its R1 model, released in January... 60321

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  • Lin Dahua (林达华)

    Chief Scientist for AI Infrastructure SenseTime ⛔️

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    Lin Dahua, in his early forties, is co-founder and chief scientist for AI infrastructure at SenseTime, an AI software company based in Hong Kong. In 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce added SenseTime to the Entity List... 60249

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  • Lin Xin (林新) 🇨🇳

    Vice Minister Ministry of Science and Technology

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    Lin Xin is China’s vice minister of science and technology. She helps oversee the division of the State Council responsible for coordinating tech policy. Lin was previously director of policy, regulation, and innovation at the ministry... 60274

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    CEO iFlytek ⛔️

    Liu Qingfeng, 51, is the chairman and chief executive of iFlytek, the Hefei-based firm he co-founded in 1999. The company is known for speech recognition tools, some of which can be used for surveillance, and developed the large language model SparkDesk... 60252

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    Liu Qingfeng, 51, is the chairman and chief executive of iFlytek, the Hefei-based firm he co-founded in 1999. The company is known for speech recognition tools, some of which can be used for surveillance, and developed the large language model SparkDesk... 60252

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  • Lu Qi (陆奇)

    Founder MiraclePlus

    Lu Qi, 63, is the founder of MiraclePlus, a Beijing-based start-up accelerator spun out of Y Combinator that has backed more than 340 start-ups, many of which are in high-tech fields, including AI firm BaseBit. 60238

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    Lu Qi, 63, is the founder of MiraclePlus, a Beijing-based start-up accelerator spun out of Y Combinator that has backed more than 340 start-ups, many of which are in high-tech fields, including AI firm BaseBit. 60238

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    Lu Qi, 63, is the founder of MiraclePlus, a Beijing-based start-up accelerator spun out of Y Combinator that has backed more than 340 start-ups, many of which are in high-tech fields, including AI firm BaseBit. 60238

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    Founder and CEO NorthSummit Capital

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    CEO Pony.AI

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  • Qi Yuan (漆远)

    Professor Fudan University

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  • Qiao Yu (乔宇)

    Lead Scientist Shanghai AI Lab

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    Council Chairman Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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  • Tang Jie (唐杰)

    Founder Zhipu AI ⛔️

    Tang Jie, 48, is a co-founder of Chinese LLM developer Zhipu AI, one of China’s “AI Tigers,” where he led AI development. Zhipu, which the U.S. Department of Commerce added to its Entity List in January, has its roots at Tsinghua University... 60317

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    Tang Jie, 48, is a co-founder of Chinese LLM developer Zhipu AI, one of China’s “AI Tigers,” where he led AI development. Zhipu, which the U.S. Department of Commerce added to its Entity List in January, has its roots at Tsinghua University... 60317

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    Chief AI Scientist Huawei Terminal BG ⛔️

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    Tian Qi, born in 1970, is the chief scientist at Huawei Terminal BG, the telecom giant’s AI consumer devices unit. He was previously chief AI scientist for Huawei Cloud, the wing of the company responsible for developing AI infrastructure. 60311

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  • Wang Haifeng (王海峰)

    CTO Baidu

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  • Wang Jingdong (王井东)

    Chief Scientist for Computer Vision Baidu

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  • Wang Xiaochuan (王小川)

    Founder Baichuan

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    Wang Xiaochuan, 46, is founder and chief executive of Beijing-based Baichuan AI, one of the six Chinese AI unicorns known as China’s “AI tigers.” The company develops open-source large language models, and is valued at around $2.75 billion. 60260

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  • Wang Xingxing (王兴兴)

    CEO and CTO Unitree Robotics

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  • Wang Zhongyuan (王仲远)

    President Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence

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    Vice President Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Wu Zhaohui, 58, is vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Deputy Secretary in the Chinese Communist Party. He was previously the party’s vice minister for science and technology, in which capacity he spoke at the... 60313

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    Wu Zhaohui, 58, is vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Deputy Secretary in the Chinese Communist Party. He was previously the party’s vice minister for science and technology, in which capacity he spoke at the... 60313

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    CEO SenseTime ⛔️

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  • Xue Lan (薛澜)

    Dean Tsinghua University Institute for AI International Governance

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  • Yan Junjie (闫俊杰)

    CEO Minimax

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  • Yang Yaodong (杨耀东)

    Professor Peking University Center for AI Safety and Governance

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  • Yang Zhilin (杨植麟)

    CEO Moonshot AI

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  • Andrew Yao (姚期智)

    Dean Tsinghua University College of AI

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  • Yin Hejun (阴和俊) 🇨🇳

    Party Secretary Ministry of Science and Technology

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  • Yin Qi (印奇)

    CEO Megvii ⛔️

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  • Yu Dong (俞栋)

    Distinguished Scientist Tencent AI Lab ⛔️

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  • Yu Kai (余凯)

    Founder and CEO Horizon Robotics

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  • Zeng Guoyang (曾国洋)

    CTO ModelBest

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  • Zeng Yi (曾毅)

    Professor Chinese Academy of Sciences

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  • Zhang Bo (张钹)

    Professor Tsinghua University

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    Venture Partner Source Code Capital

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  • Zhang Linghan (张凌寒)

    Professor Institute of Data Law, China University of Political Science and Law

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  • Zhang Peng (张鹏)

    CEO Zhipu AI ⛔️

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  • Zhang Pingan (张平安)

    CEO Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies ⛔️

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  • Zhang Yaqin (张亚勤)

    Chair Professor Tsinghua University

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  • Zhang Yutao (张宇韬)

    CTO Moonshot AI

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  • Zhao Yong (赵勇)

    Chairman Beijing DeepGlint Technology ⛔️

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  • Zhou Bowen (周伯文)

    Chair Professor Tsinghua University

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  • Zhou Jian (周剑)

    CEO Ubtech Robotics

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  • Zhou Jingren (周靖人)

    CTO Alibaba Cloud

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  • Zhou Zhihua (周志华)

    Professor Nanjing University

    Zhou Zhihua, 51, is a professor at Nanjing University, where he is dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence, and author of the 2016 book Machine Learning. He also directs a research institute affiliated with the school’s National Key Laboratory... 60251

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  • Zhu Songchun (朱松纯)

    Chair Professor Peking University

    Zhu Songchun, 56, is a professor of computer science at Peking University, where he is director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence at one of the top schools in China. He is also a director at the Beijing Academy of AI. 60312

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    Zhu Songchun, 56, is a professor of computer science at Peking University, where he is director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence at one of the top schools in China. He is also a director at the Beijing Academy of AI. 60312

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  • Zhu Wenjia (朱文佳)

    Head of AI R&D ByteDance

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