<h1>Chinese AI Pioneer Shifts from Hedge Fund to Challenge OpenAI, Advocates for Original Innovation in China.</h1> The founder of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, transitioned from a hedge fund entrepreneur to an AI innovator, challenging industry leaders like OpenAI. He initially founded High-Flyer Quantitative Investment Management in 2015, which used machine-learning techniques for stock trading. Despite regulatory setbacks, the hedge fund manages $8 billion and possesses significant computing resources, including Nvidia's A100 chips, for AI development. DeepSeek, founded in 2023, aims to advance AI by exploring the nature of intelligence. The founder emphasizes China's need for original innovation in AI to avoid being perpetual followers of Western advancements.