Yibo Zhu
朱亦博
Yibo Zhu (朱亦博) is co-founder and CTO of StepFun (阶跃星辰), where he leads AI infrastructure and framework optimization. Per Qiming Venture Partners' profile, he was an early pioneer of RoCE networking technology during his time as a researcher at Microsoft Research, then joined ByteDance as head of AI Infra, building one of China's largest AI infrastructures from scratch — experience 十字路口Crossing notes makes him one of the very few people in China with hands-on 10,000-GPU-scale training experience. At WAIC 2026 he framed the agent era's infrastructure goal as shifting from simply cutting inference costs toward jointly optimizing intelligence, speed, and cost.
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Qiming Star | StepFun's Yibo Zhu: In the Agent Era, AI Infrastructure Must Optimize Intelligence, Speed, and Cost | WAIC 2026
In the Agent era, the core objective of AI infrastructure is shifting from merely reducing inference costs to simultaneously optimizing for intelligence, speed, and cost.
Qiming Venture Partners | WAIC Qiming Venture Partners Entrepreneurship and Investment Forum—The Evolution from Computing Power Origin to Application Success Held in Shanghai
As one of the most forward-looking and influential venture capital firms in artificial intelligence, Qiming Venture Partners has hosted this forum for four consecutive years. It is also the only forum at this year's World Artificial Intelligence Conference initiated by a venture capital firm, designed to showcase and explore the latest breakthroughs in AI's evolution from underlying computing power to industrial application — all through the lens of innovation.
Guest Lineup Revealed | 2026 WAIC Qiming Venture Partners Entrepreneurship & Investment Forum: The Evolution from Computing Power Origin to Application Deployment
Decoding the Paradigm Shift in the Large Model Era: How the Industry Can Move Beyond Pure Parameter Chasing to Ruthless Exploration of Real-World Scenarios, Cost Efficiency, and Closed-Loop Business Models
The Birth of StepFun Amoo: Welcome to the AgentEra!
Return people to imagination, passion, and creation.
Qiming Venture Partners Weekly: Top 10 Portfolio Company Updates Vol. 03, Jan. 27, 2026
Join us in celebrating milestone moments for Qiming Venture Partners' portfolio companies
StepFun Closes New 5 Billion Yuan Funding Round: Racing for Endpoints, Crunching Numbers, and the Ultra-Marathon Ahead
StepFun has raised 5 billion yuan in fresh funding, setting a new single-round record for the sector over the past 12 months, as the battle for end-user devices heats up.
StepFun's Major "Step": Over 5 Billion Yuan in B+ Round Funding, Qi Yin Formally Appointed Chairman
StepFun's answer is AI + endpoints.
