# Yan Wentao

Type: Person

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-14**: CFO hire reported — DeepSeek plans to hire GL Ventures partner Yan Wentao as its first chief financial officer, sources say.
- **2026-09-07**: CITIC Securities mandate reported — Reuters reports DeepSeek hired CITIC Securities to prepare for a possible listing on the Shanghai STAR Market.
- **2026-06**: $7.4B funding round — DeepSeek raises about $7.4 billion at a post-money valuation above $50 billion.
- **2025-01**: DeepSeek gains global attention — Low-cost AI models make headlines and pressure investor assumptions about frontier AI costs.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### DeepSeek signs GL Ventures partner as first CFO after $7.4B raise
2026-09-15 00:26:27 · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

DeepSeek is building a public-company leadership team, tapping GL Ventures partner Yan Wentao as its first CFO. The hire follows a $7.4 billion June raise and points to a STAR Market IPO.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/deepseek-cfo-yan-wentao-startup-ipo

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