In the Wake of DeepSeek: What Does it Mean For China’s ByteDance, AI Four Dragons and Six Tigers?

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Michael Spencer

Xinrou Shu

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Ivy Yang

Mar 10, 2025

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Liang Wenfeng, Founder of DeepSeek. He co-founded High-Flyer in 2015 and founded DeepSeek in 2023.

Special thanks to Xinrou Shu for her help in researching, co-writing and editing on this piece.

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Xinrou Shu

I am a freelance journalist based in China, covering the internet and the impact of China’s digital ecosystem on society. My work has appeared in South China Morning Post, Rest of World, Sixth Tone, The China Project, and other publications.

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