Leaked DeepSeek transcript allegedly led Liang Wenfang to withdraw an IPO-related opportunity

Liang Wenfang, identified as DeepSeek’s CEO, was reportedly portrayed in a leaked transcript as favoring open source, helping humanity and a global outlook. The account also says he was transparent about DeepSeek’s use of what it described as stolen Nvidia chips, although the transcript’s characterizations were not independently established in the source material.

The transcript was allegedly intended to remain private. According to the account, Liang reacted angrily to the leak and withdrew an IPO-related opportunity for the people involved. The episode was presented as an unusually public expression of independent views by a prominent Chinese AI leader, but the accuracy of the reported IPO decision is not independently confirmed.