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ZHOU Xinyu (周昕宇)
Co-founder & head of algorithms, Moonshot AI
FounderTsinghua
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Moonshot AI co-founder (10% stake) · ShuffleNet (co-first author, CVPR)
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Tsinghua BS 2015 (classmate of Yang Zhilin)
Ex-Hulu, Tencent, Megvii (ShuffleNet co-author, CVPR 2018). ~10% equity stake
In their words
I'm sure it will be much, if not 10x, better than K2.5.
我相信Kimi K3就算没有比K2.5强10倍，也肯定会强得多
To make better models, you don't need to put another layer of Chromium shell on it.
要做出更好的模型，并不需要再去套一层新的 Chromium 壳。
Only Sam knows this question. We have our own way and pace.
这个问题只有 Sam 才知道。我们有自己的方式和节奏。
We embrace open source because we believe the pursuit of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) should bring unity, not division.
我们拥抱开源，因为我们相信对AGI（通用人工智能）的追求，应该带来团结，而不是分裂。
Profile
ZHOU Xinyu (周昕宇) is a co-founder and head of algorithms at Moonshot AI, holding a 10% stake in the company. He was a classmate of Yang Zhilin and Zhang Yutao in Tsinghua University's Computer Science Department (Class of 2011 undergraduate).
In his senior year, he interned at Megvii and joined full-time after graduation, focusing on algorithm mass production. He co-authored the ShuffleNet paper (accepted by CVPR) with Zhang Xiangyu of Megvii Research as co-first authors.
ShuffleNet later influenced millisecond-level face unlock technologies including Apple's 3D Face Unlock. Zhou and Yang Zhilin were also bandmates in a rock band called Splay at Tsinghua.
Known for
Moonshot AI co-founder (10% stake)ShuffleNet (co-first author, CVPR)Head of algorithms at Moonshot AI
Education
Tsinghua University
B.S. in Computer Science
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