New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- DeepSeek, China's AI startup that rose to become a $60 billion ChatGPT rival in just three years, isn't a typical Chinese corporation that pushes its employees to work 12 hours, 6 days a week. Rather, according to its founder, Liang Wenfeng, the new-age tech giant achieved it all without late-night shifts, managers, or a single KPI.

In a conversation with Tencent Technology, Liang said his team generally doesn't work overtime. Liang, the world's richest AI founder, shared that there are two main reasons for his laid-back approach: "First, research needs a relaxed environment; if you push too hard, you can't do research. Second, we're very focused, which means we do very few things."

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