Lightyears Away
光年之外
Lightyears Away (光年之外) is an AI startup founded by Wang Huiwen, with backing from Xu Xin and Wang Xing . In 2023, the company acquired OneFlow, a deep-learning framework startup founded by Yuan Jinhui that had spent six years struggling to survive with no revenue for its first four years . The deal briefly made OneFlow "the luckiest team" after ChatGPT's explosion, giving it access to what Yuan described as the most abundant resources in the industry — but the arrangement collapsed within months when Wang Huiwen fell ill, forcing Yuan and his team to restart from scratch .
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