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Yibo Zhu

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Co-founder and CTO at StepFun AI

Zhu is a co-founder and CTO of the Chinese AI lab StepFun, working on machine-learning systems, distributed training, and computer networks. Before StepFun he was a researcher at ByteDance, where he built the BytePS distributed DNN-training framework, and previously worked at Microsoft Research and Google after a PhD at UC Santa Barbara.

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Background

Current role
Co-founder and CTO 2023-present
Previously
2023-2023Senior Staff Software Engineer,
2018-2023Director of Engineering,
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Last editorial review: August 13, 2026

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