ByteDance Seed model evaluation lead Huang Wenhao reportedly resigns: previously led Yi model training, next move may be entrepreneurship

Beating AI News Flash: Huang Wenhao, the head of model evaluation at ByteDance Seed, has recently resigned and may choose to start a business next.

Huang Wenhao is a PhD in computer science from Peking University and has worked at Microsoft Research Asia and the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence. In 2023, he joined 01.AI, founded by Kai-Fu Lee, as a co-founder, serving as vice president of algorithms and head of model training, leading the training and release of large models such as Yi-34B and Yi-Large.

In August 2024, Huang Wenhao left 01.AI and joined ByteDance Seed, initially responsible for technical project management and planning, reporting to Zhu Wenjia. In early 2025, after former Google DeepMind vice president Wu Yonghui took over Seed's fundamental research, he began reporting to Wu Yonghui. Since then, Huang Wenhao's work focus has gradually shifted to model evaluation, while also participating in frontier technology planning and talent recruitment.