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A cross-boundary team,building a real world model

Research, engineering, business and culture work together here. We study world models and multimodal intelligence, translating Eastern cognition into products and industry practice.

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06 / POSITION

We organize disciplines through harmony without uniformity, and test technology through the unity of knowledge and action.

12+core members and research advisors

60+high-quality research papers

4complementary execution capabilities

06.01CORE TEAM

Connect direction, growth and research.

Company direction, commercial growth and academic collaboration come together here.

01FOUNDER & CEO

East Zhang

Founder & CEO; initiator of the Eastern-culture foundation model and intelligent-hardware ecosystem.

Four degrees in software engineering, programming, applied finance and information systems
Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent of Nanshan District, Shenzhen
Representative of Shenzhen’s third cohort of overseas Chinese returnees
Go-global service committee member of the Shenzhen Returnees Association
Guest lecturer at the School of Artificial Intelligence, Lingnan University Hong Kong
Chongqing high-level talent and returnee innovation representative
Co-founding deputy secretary and guest lecturer at Southwest University
Chief AI expert at Jinan Modern I-Ching Research Institute
Founder of Ijoy Education and NaviToAI

InterdisciplinaryGlobal BusinessEastern AI

02GROWTH

Tomsin Tang

CGO & Co-founder, leading commercial growth and industry ecosystem partnerships.

Founder of Inweino Technology
Former Tencent executive
Founder of Tencent’s Wireless Business Department
Core commercial-growth contributor during Tencent’s early public-company phase

TencentGrowth Ecosystem

03HEAD OF RESEARCH

CZPROFILE

Chengzu Dong

Head of Research, connecting international academic collaboration and world-model research.

Assistant professor at City University of Hong Kong
Author of 40+ high-quality international journal and conference papers
Long-term participant in international review and cross-regional research exchange

World ModelsInternational Research

06.02RESEARCH

Research · Models and human interaction

Advance world models through artificial intelligence, human–computer interaction and affective computing.

01AI RESEARCH

Kevin Li

Head of Research and Australia Region, working on artificial intelligence, neuro-symbolic systems and international research collaboration.

PhD in artificial intelligence with publications in leading international journals and conferences
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Contributor to an Australian national white paper on neuro-symbolic systems

AI ResearchNeuro-symbolic Systems

02HCI & METAVERSE

Yi Wang

Research lead across virtual reality, requirements engineering and HCI.

PhD across virtual reality and requirements engineering
Author of 30+ high-quality international journal and conference papers
International reviewer and former IEEE VR vice chair

HCIVirtual Reality

03AFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

Ju Zhou

Affective intelligence advisor and founder & CEO of 灵矩纪元, researching affective signals and long-term intelligent interaction.

PhD in emotion recognition and postdoctoral researcher at CAS
Contributor to national and regional affective-interaction projects
Researches the long-term relationship between affective signals and intelligent interaction

Emotion RecognitionCAS

06.03ENGINEERING

Engineering · Technology and product experience

Turn research into usable products through software architecture, development and interaction design.

01ENGINEERING

Ace Yu

CTO & Co-founder, leading model engineering, platform architecture and product R&D.

Three computer-related degrees
Former core R&D engineer at ByteDance Dongchedi
Former core R&D engineer at PDD TEMU

ByteDancePlatform Engineering

02DESIGN

Lucas Liu

Design expert across brand, interaction and content expression.

Former designer at multiple major technology companies
Dual degrees in design and communication
Operator of a million-follower content account

Experience DesignContent

06.04MKT

MKT · Growth, brand and partnerships

Connect markets, customers and partners through growth, operations and global collaboration.

01BRAND & BUSINESS

Kong Chen

CMO & Co-founder, leading brand, market and organizational development.

Former HR manager at OCT Group
Former wealth director at ICBC-AXA
Serial entrepreneurship and organizational leadership

EntrepreneurshipBrand

02GLOBAL MARKETING

Chao Jing Yong

Global marketing partner connecting Chinese and European markets.

Startup project director at a French incubator
Supported four brands in overseas expansion
Long-term China–Europe market development

Go-globalChina–Europe

03GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM

Martin Ma

Global ecosystem expert for industry resources and digital partnerships.

Former operations director at Yunrui Group
Former core operator at Huawei AppGallery
Hands-on enterprise digital-transformation experience

HuaweiDigital Transformation

04ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Weibo Sun

Ecosystem development expert for strategic partnerships and business connections.

Ecosystem partnership and development experience
Industry-resource integration and partner-network building
Strategic partnerships and business development

Strategic BDEcosystem

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