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So what are analysts reading into Mr Ma's appearance at the event alongside other high-profile guests - including DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng?

There's also a buzz around whether DeepSeek creator Liang Wenfeng will join him.

DeepSeek was founded in May 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, a Chinese software engineer and market trader with a deep background in machine learning and computer vision research.

Before getting into chatbots, Liang worked as a skilled quantitative trader who maximized his financial returns with the help of sophisticated algorithms.

In 2016 he founded the hedge fund High-Flyer, which quickly became one of China’s wealthiest investment houses thanks to Liang and Co.’s intensive use of A.I. models for optimizing trades.