Huiwen Wang
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Wang Huiwen is the Meituan co-founder who, in February 2023, announced his move into AI by setting up Beijing Lightyear Beyond (光年之外) with US$50 million of his own money at a US$200 million valuation — a launch 暗涌Waves described at the time as a "Chinese OpenAI" being scrambled for by Source Code Capital and ZhenFund. Since then he has been active primarily as an AI investor: he joined VITURE's round (the AR glasses maker raised US$50 million in late 2024, with Wang among the backers), followed on as an existing shareholder in Moonshot AI's US$500 million Series C led by IDG, and in January 2026 co-invested alongside BlueRun Ventures and Hillhouse Capital in AI user-research platform Trooly.AI — where, per 暗涌Waves, the founders received multiple term sheets but took only his money in that tranche. His Lightyear Beyond recruiting also seeded later founders: the two co-founders he brought on went on to start SiliconFlow (Yuan Jinhui) and Sand.ai (Cao Yue).
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