Wang Xing couldn’t help it, so he bet heavily on AI.
On March 8th, Wang Xingyu, the co-founder of Meituan, announced on WeChat that he would personally participate in the first financing of the company "Beyond Light Years" founded by Wang Huiwen and serve as its director. Wang Xing is also preparing to join the entrepreneurial wave of AI.
"The AI ? ? big model makes me both excited about the huge productivity that will be created soon and worried about its future impact on the whole world." Wang Xing said: "Lao Wang and I have been on the road to entrepreneurship for nearly 20 years. Since he is determined to embrace this big wave, I must support it."
Prior to this, Wang Huiwen, the former founder of Meituan, announced on February 13th the establishment of Beijing Lightyear Beyond Technology Co., Ltd., dedicated to creating China OpenAI. Wang Huiwen said that he planned to invest 50 million dollars in his own name, with an estimated value of 200 million dollars. Among them, 75% of the company’s equity was used to introduce top research and development personnel.
ChatGPT, is setting off a new technical competition about AI. It is an AI dialogue software developed by OpenAI Company in the United States, and its intelligence is comparable to that of human beings. As soon as it was released, it was very popular all over the world in the form of the speed of light. Since February, both Microsoft and Google have increased their investment in artificial intelligence. Microsoft has released a new generation of Bing and Edge based on ChatGPT technology. Google also launched Bard, which is based on Google’s LaMDA big data model.
"I don’t understand AI technology at present and I am studying hard." Wang Huiwen said before that top venture capital companies have prepared $230 million for the next investment, and the project is not to worry about money. On the recruitment requirements of the company, he said, what we want is the top research and development personnel in the industry, who have a strong belief in the transformation of artificial intelligence and firmly ensure that AI benefits mankind.
Wang Huiwen also posted a message on social media: "I will enter the artificial intelligence track, and I will take out 50 million US dollars to join the team, regardless of salary and position, and seek a team."