The faces behind China's AI rise: Meet the founders of DeepSeek, Z.ai and Moonshot AI
From left: Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin, DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng and Zhipu AI co-founder Tang Jie. (File photos: Reuters, Xiaohongshu/Doudou/Xianshuxuezhanglaoshi) New: You can now listen to articles. Rachel Lim Rachel Lim 27 Jul 2026 06:00AM Bookmark Bookmark Share WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Set CNA as your preferred source on Google Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface.
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| Original publisher | Channel NewsAsia |
| Canonical URL | https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/china-deepseek-zhipu-ai-moonshot-liang-wenfeng-yang-zhilin-tang-jie-6269866 |
| Publication time | Mon, 27 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0800 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-26T22:08:25.330Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-26T22:08:25.330Z |
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| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | -bb_I0aEiHO8 · 3 stories |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
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