Moonshot Founders: Tsinghua Straight-A Students and Band Members
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-18
A netizen shared an old university band intro page featuring Moonshot AI co-founders Yang Zhilin and Zhou Xinyu. Yang Zhilin, the inspiration behind the name Kimi, was a top student at Tsinghua University, ranking first in his cohort by credits and publishing numerous papers.
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