The mysterious ‘baby-faced’ Chinese billionaire who sent markets into a panic
His company has been accused of violating US export control rules and companies’ terms of service to build its KImi product.GettyYang is a devotee of British 1970s rock bands Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Fittingly, the Chinese language name of his company, Moonshot AI, translates as “Dark Side of the Moon”, after the Pink Floyd album released almost 20 years before his birth.It is not his only homage to prog-rock, as Yang suggested to one Chinese technology journalist two years ago. The Trump administration has accused the company of stealing American technology to build its model.Yet surprisingly little has been written about Yang himself.In one rare video of the technology entrepreneur, addressing a conference for chipmaker Nvidia.
- ▪His company has been accused of violating US export control rules and companies’ terms of service to build its KImi product.GettyYang is a devotee of British 1970s rock bands Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.
- ▪Fittingly, the Chinese language name of his company, Moonshot AI, translates as “Dark Side of the Moon”, after the Pink Floyd album released almost 20 years before his birth.It is not his only homage to prog-rock, as Yang suggested to one C
- ▪The Trump administration has accused the company of stealing American technology to build its model.Yet surprisingly little has been written about Yang himself.In one rare video of the technology entrepreneur, addressing a conference for ch
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