Alex Ren
任利锋
Alex Ren — 任利锋, better known by his nickname Juanjuan (卷卷) — is the founder and CEO of Hitems (数美万物), an AI 3D company with ambitions to become a "manufacturing OS" . Before founding it, he spent years at ByteDance, where he ran Toutiao, Q&A, and live-streaming businesses before taking charge of Douyin, and later spent time on the PICO team . His earlier career started at Baidu in 2010, working on Tieba community operations . In a recent three-hour interview with 十字路口Crossing, he described leaving ByteDance not out of dissatisfaction — "I'm very grateful to my old employer" — and laid out his case for why foundation models won't swallow everything .
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Three-Hour Interview with Juanjuan: From Douyin to AI 3D, the Rollercoaster of Entrepreneurship, Ambitions to Become Manufacturing OS, and Why Foundation Models Won't Swallow Everything!
A 3-Hour Interview with Juanjuan: From Douyin to AI 3D, the Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster, the Ambition to Become a Manufacturing OS, and Why Foundation Models Won't Swallow Everything!
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