Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Thank CTOnews.com netizens for the clue delivery that they want to laugh at! According to news on February 13, Wang Huiwen, former co-founder of Meituan, announced his foray into the field of artificial intelligence in a post on social platform today, saying that he would build China's OpenAI.

Its post revealed that it will set up Beijing Lightyear beyond Technology Co., Ltd., Wang Huiwen contributed US $50 million, valued at US $200 million (about 1.362 billion yuan), and said that he personally does not own shares, 25% of which is used to invite top R & D talent, and that top VC has subscribed for US $230 million (about RMB 1.566 billion) in the next round of financing.

Just two days ago, Wang Huiwen posted on his Wechat moments that "I will join the artificial intelligence track, and that I will give another 50 million US dollars (about 340 million yuan) to 'bring capital' into the group, regardless of salary and position."

It is understood that Wang Huiwen is the co-founder of Xiaonei (Renren), the founder of power grid, the founder of Taofang and the co-founder and executive director of Meituan. In 2011, Wang Huiwen joined Meituan as vice president and officially retired on December 18, 2020.

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