Dahai Li
李大海
Dahai Li is the co-founder and CEO of ModelBest (面壁智能), a Chinese AI company, and also serves as a partner, CTO, and senior vice president at Zhihu, where he leads a team of over 1,500 people . A Peking University mathematics graduate and one of Google China's earliest employees, he previously held engineering leadership roles at Yunyun Wang and Wandoujia, with 12 consecutive years of startup experience before his current positions . In his public commentary, he has argued that AI is moving from individual intelligence toward collective intelligence . He remains active in industry discussions as of mid-2026 .
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BlueRun Ventures' Jui Chan on Data, Value, and Long-Term Judgment: What Will Actually Survive the AI Hype?
Reflection and Perseverance in Practice
At AdventureX, we answered the 8 questions young founders most wanted to know
From Demo to Deal: To the Builders Creating Right Now
From AI New Species to AI New Ecosystem | BlueRun Ventures at WAIC 2026
Moving Together Toward New Frontiers of Capability
Jui Chan of BlueRun Ventures in Conversation with Wang Zhongyuan of BAAI, Wang He of Galaxy Universal, and Li Dahai of ModelBest: Long-Term Value and the Next Curve in the Large Model Era
From "Moats" to "Scaling's New Curve" in the Age of Foundation Models
Code Brain | What Do Entrepreneurs Really Care About When It Comes to OpenClaw and Claude Code?
This list of questions reflects both their genuine confusion about AI right now and, to some extent, the gap between AI's viral hype online and its actual implementation in the real world.
Source Code Capital Teams Up with Top Universities and AI Leaders for Gen-AI Future Discussion
You can connect with frontline founders, leading researchers, and Source Code Capital investors to exchange industry insights, explore career opportunities, and brainstorm startup ideas.
AIGC "Peak Series" | Li Dahai: We Are Entering the Era of Collective Intelligence (Live Q&A)
A single fish doesn't have much intelligence, but a school of fish can exhibit collective intelligence as a group.
AIGC 'Peak Series' | ModelBest's Li Dahai: We Are Entering a New Era of Collective Intelligence
A single fish doesn't have much intelligence, but a school of fish can demonstrate collective intelligence as a group.
AIGC "Summit Series" | Event Registration: Where Are LLMs in the Deployment Cycle?
On Products, On Execution
