DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng is weighing a move into robotics, meeting founders and investing in a Swin Transformer author's startup (report)

Verified (fact)

Pandaily, citing Phoenix Tech, reported that DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has been meeting founders of embodied AI startups. According to the report, he is considering whether to build his own team or enter the field another way; DeepSeek did not respond. QbitAI (量子位) reported that Liang has invested in Winverse AI, founded by an author of Swin Transformer.

Why it matters (interpretation)

It signals that China's leading open-model developer may expand into physical AI. An actual entry could reshape competition among Chinese robotics foundation models. However, the reports say this is still at the consideration stage, and the company has not confirmed anything.

Sources

• Press DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng Is Meeting Embodied AI Founders as the Company Weighs a Move Into Robotics Pandaily
• Press 梁文锋投了Swin Transformer作者！DeepSeek开始布局具身大脑 量子位

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