Chatbots and Their Founders/Companies

 

Top Chatbots and Their Founders/Companies

Chatbot / AI Model	Developed by	Founder(s)/CEO(s) / Key People	Launched	Key Points / Notes
ChatGPT	OpenAI	Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman	2022 (public)	Based on GPT models (GPT-3.5, GPT-4, etc.)
Bard (now Gemini)	Google (Alphabet)	Sundar Pichai (CEO)	2023	Uses Google’s PaLM & Gemini models
Claude	Anthropic	Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei	2023	Focus on AI safety and alignment
LLaMA Chatbot	Meta (Facebook)	Mark Zuckerberg	2023	LLaMA: Large Language Model Meta AI
Mistral AI	Mistral (France)	Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample	2023	Europe-based open-weight model
Groq Chat	Groq Inc.	Jonathan Ross	2024	Focuses on ultra-fast inference
Ernie Bot	Baidu (China)	Robin Li	2023	Chinese rival to ChatGPT
Jais	UAE’s Falcon AI Institute	-	2023	Arabic-focused LLM
YouChat	You.com	Richard Socher	2022	Combines search + chat
Pi (Personal AI)	Inflection AI	Mustafa Suleyman (ex-DeepMind)	2023	Known for emotional and empathetic tone
Cohere Command R	Cohere AI	Aidan Gomez	2023	NLP-focused company
Wit.ai	Acquired by Facebook (Meta)	Alex Lebrun, Laurent Landowski	2013	Early NLP platform
Alexa	Amazon	Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon)	2014	Voice assistant AI
Siri	Apple (original by Siri Inc.)	Dag Kittlaus	2010	First mainstream voice assistant
Cortana	Microsoft	-	2014	Discontinued in 2023
Replika	Luka Inc.	Eugenia Kuyda	2017	Emotional AI companion

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📝 Important Exam Pointers

1. ChatGPT is developed by OpenAI – Co-founders include Sam Altman and Elon Musk.

2. Claude is developed by Anthropic – Dario Amodei is the co-founder (ex-OpenAI).

3. Google's Bard is now rebranded as Gemini – Based on the Gemini AI model.

4. Meta’s AI is based on LLaMA models – LLaMA 3 is the latest (as of 2024).

5. Alexa, Siri, and Cortana are voice assistant AIs by Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft respectively.

6. Replika is an emotional chatbot, unlike others focused more on search/utility.

7. Mistral, Cohere, Inflection AI, and Groq are rising startups in AI space.

8. Pi (Personal Intelligence) focuses on empathy in conversation, not just facts.

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📌 Mnemonics for Revision (Founder - AI)

• "SEGA-MAC":

  • Sam Altman – ChatGPT (OpenAI)

  • Elon Musk – Co-founder OpenAI

  • Google – Gemini/Bard

  • Anthropic – Claude

  • Meta – LLaMA

  • Amazon – Alexa

  • Cohere – Command R

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DeepSeek AI – 

🏢 Company Overview

• Name: DeepSeek AI

• Founded: July 17, 2023

• Country: China

• Headquarters: Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province

• Focus: Open-source Large Language Models (LLMs) for general use and code generation

• Popular Models:

  • DeepSeek-V2 – General-purpose LLM

  • DeepSeek-Coder – AI model for programming and code tasks

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👤 Founder: Liang Wenfeng

Detail	Information
Name	Liang Wenfeng (梁文锋)
Born	1985, Guangdong, China
Education	Zhejiang University (B.Eng 2007, M.Eng 2010)
Early Career	Quantitative hedge fund manager
Previous Company	Co-founder of High-Flyer Capital (a hedge fund)
Notable Role	CEO of DeepSeek AI
AI Entry	Acquired NVIDIA GPUs from 2021 onwards for LLM research
Vision	Build open, cost-efficient AI models rivaling GPT & Gemini
Public Image	Media calls him a low-key “tech genius” or “nerdy visionary”

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🧠 Key Achievements of DeepSeek AI

• Built GPT-4-level models at fraction of the cost (approx. $6 million)

• Gained global attention during the “AI Sputnik Moment” (2025)

• Promotes open-weight models unlike commercial-only platforms

• Backed by resources and profits of High-Flyer hedge fund

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📘 Exam Pointers

1. DeepSeek was founded in China by Liang Wenfeng in 2023.

2. Liang is also the co-founder of a quant hedge fund (High-Flyer Capital).

3. DeepSeek’s models include DeepSeek-V2 and DeepSeek-Coder.

4. The company promotes open-source AI, rivaling GPT-4 and Claude.

5. Uses Transformer architecture for its models.

6. DeepSeek is often compared to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind.