Former ByteDance executive takes helm at Baidu-backed Shengshu amid generative AI boom

Luo Yihang – the former head of AI solutions at ByteDance’s cloud unit, Volcano Engine – will oversee research and development, product management, commercialisation and team management at Shengshu, according to a company representative.

Tang Jiayu, Shengshu’s co-founder and former chief executive, would assume the role of president, responsible for core functional areas including strategic development, branding, human resources, administration, finance, legal affairs and intellectual property, the representative said on Wednesday.

Founded in early 2023 amid the surge of interest in generative AI following OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT, Shengshu gained prominence in China last year with the launch of Vidu, a video-generation model seen as a competitor to OpenAI’s Sora.