Physix FrontierPhysix Frontier · News Briefing Card (TMTPost · Oct 8, 2026)
Post-90s Execs Take Over Core LLM Units at Alibaba, Xiaomi, Tencent, ByteDance
KEY FACTS
- In September 2026, Liu Da Yiheng became head of Alibaba's Qwen large language model project.
- Chen Yusen made his first public appearance as Alibaba Group vice president and CEO of Qwen Office.
- Luo Fuli was promoted to Xiaomi level 22 and now leads the MiMo large model business.
- Zhou Chang left Alibaba to join ByteDance, where he oversees Seedream, Seedance, and world models.
- Yao Shunyu is Tencent's chief AI scientist, also managing AI Infra and the large language model department.
KEY DATA
46 pointsMiMo-V2.6-Pro Composite Intelligence Index
3.47 million USDMiMo-V2.6-Pro post-training cost
300BHy3 total parameters
6xGrowth in users actively choosing Hy3 on WorkBuddy
PHYSIX OBSERVATION
The rise of the post-90s generation is astonishingly fast, but a title handover does not equal proven ability. What they inherit is technical debt, commercialization pressure, and the risk of falling behind. The industry should focus on whether they can convert open-source achievements and product buzz into sustainable revenue and model iteration, rather than just looking at titles.
Source: TMTPost report