Ehsan Yousefzadeh, former head of AI payments at PayPal, has joined the Kite team as product lead.
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Ashkan Seyedi, former NVIDIA executive in optical interconnect technology, has joined ams Osram as head of its optical interconnect business.
ams OSRAM announced on July 2nd that Ashkan Seyedi, former senior executive in optical interconnect technology at NVIDIA, has officially joined the company as Vice President and General Manager of the Optical Interconnect Business Line, responsible for driving the development of optical interconnect technologies for next-generation AI data centers. Seyedi previously led optical interconnect technology R&D at NVIDIA, participating in the development of high-speed optical communication technologies for AI clusters and data centers. (Jiemian)
Tencent announced that Tian Yonglong, a former researcher at OpenAI, has joined the company to participate in the development of VLM.
According to sources at Tencent, Yonglong Tian, a former researcher at OpenAI, has recently joined Tencent's Large Language Model Department and will participate in the research and development of VLM (Visual Language Model). This marks another instance of Tencent poaching talent from OpenAI. On December 17th last year, Tencent announced an upgrade to its large model R&D architecture, establishing the AI Infra Department, AI Data Department, and Data Computing Platform Department. Former OpenAI senior researcher Yao Shunyu was appointed as the Chief AI Scientist in the "CEO/President's Office" (reporting to Martin Lau), and concurrently served as the head of the AI Infra Department and the Large Language Model Department (reporting to Lu Shan). This announcement garnered widespread attention on social media. (The Paper)
Anastasia Golovina, a former member of the Chainlink team, has joined Hyperliquid as Chief Communications Officer.
PANews reported on July 7 that Anastasia Golovina, a former member of the Chainlink communications team, has joined Hyperliquid as Chief Communications Officer. Golovina stated that she has over eight years of experience in the crypto industry.
Former head of Japan's foreign exchange industry: The yen may be undervalued by 20%, and short sellers still need to be wary of intervention risks.
According to Odaily Odaily, Tatsuo Yamazaki, former finance minister of Japan's Ministry of Finance and former head of Japan's foreign exchange policy, said in an interview on Monday that the yen should appreciate by up to 20% from its current level (about 130 yen to 1 US dollar), refuting those who bet on the yen potentially weakening further. Yamazaki stated, "This is no longer a fundamental issue, but rather a question of how market expectations will change. But we are approaching a climax." He believes that the current estimate of the yen being undervalued by 10% may be conservative. "I wouldn't be surprised if the yen rises to around 130. Frankly, that's my view." Meanwhile, Yamazaki suggested that the market should not mistake the recent apparent calm from Japanese authorities for complacency. He stated, "They have issued warnings, and anyone still holding short yen positions knows they face the risk of intervention and punishment—forced liquidation. The Ministry of Finance has gone beyond the warning stage; the authorities have indicated their willingness to take action." (Jinshi)
Sun Tianxiang has officially joined Baidu as the head of the Basic Model R&D Department.
Mars Finance reported on July 1st that Sun Tianxiang, a technical expert in the field of large-scale models, has officially joined Baidu as the head of the Basic Model Development Unit (BMU) and has also joined the Baidu Model Committee (BMC). Sun Tianxiang previously led the development of MOSS and proposed the MaaS concept. Baidu had previously established a BMU and an Application Model Development Unit (AMU, headed by Jia Lei). (Wide Angle Observation)
Former Coinbase marketing executive Adam Weigand joins stablecoin project Tempo as head of marketing.
According to Foresight News , former Coinbase marketing executive Adam Weigand announced that after six years at Coinbase, he will be joining the stablecoin project Tempo as head of marketing.