China's New Generation of AI Talent Takes the Stage
zhaoran_wang · x · 2026-07-18
Reshared content highlights that Chinese Gen Z and millennials (born in the 90s and 00s) are becoming the driving force behind frontier AI development:
- The founder of Kimi was born in 1992.
- Frontline teams at companies like MiniMax, Seedance, and Zhipu are also heavily composed of engineers born in the 90s and 00s.
- This trend extends beyond AI, reflected in the two Chinese mathematicians who won this year's Fields Medal.
The author concludes that this is likely not an isolated event, but an early signal of the broader rise of China's new generation of scientific and engineering talent.
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