Xiaomi has invested heavily in the field of artificial intelligence, and its strategic moves have attracted widespread attention in the industry. By hiring DeepSeek-V2 core developer Luo Fuli with a high salary to lead the AI large model team, Xiaomi has demonstrated its ambitions in the AI field. Luo Fuli, an AI genius born in 1995, has become an important pillar of Xiaomi's AI strategy with her outstanding contributions in academia and industry. This article will provide an in-depth analysis of Xiaomi’s strategic layout, talent introduction and huge investments in the AI field, and explore its future development prospects.
According to the Securities Times, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun successfully recruited Luo Fuli, one of the key developers of the DeepSeek open source large model DeepSeek-V2, to lead the Xiaomi AI large model team with an annual salary of tens of millions. This move has attracted widespread attention in the industry and also marks Xiaomi's strategic acceleration in the field of artificial intelligence.
Information shows that Luo Fuli, a post-95 AI genius, graduated from Beijing Normal University and Peking University. In 2019, she published 8 papers at the top artificial intelligence conference ACL, becoming the focus of the academic community. Since then, she has held technical positions in Alibaba Damo Academy, Huanquan Quantification and other companies, and worked as a deep learning researcher at DeepSeek, participating in the development of the MoE large model DeepSeek-V2. DeepSeek-V2's Chinese proficiency is in a leading position among domestic and foreign models, and its high cost performance has become an important highlight in the AI field.
Luo Fuli's talent has not only been recognized by the academic community, but has also been spotted by industry leader Lei Jun, and she has become a core figure in Xiaomi's AI large model team. Lei Jun personally poached employees and paid him an annual salary of tens of millions, which reflects Xiaomi's emphasis and ambition on the AI field.
Xiaomi has gradually increased its investment in the field of artificial intelligence in recent years. In 2023, Xiaomi established an AI laboratory large model team and made it clear that it would use its technological advantages to actively develop AI-related user scenarios. This year, Xiaomi has established a dedicated AI platform department, headed by technology guru Zhang Duo, further demonstrating Xiaomi's strategic determination in the AI field.
In addition, Xiaomi is also vigorously building a GPU cluster, and the scale is expected to increase significantly. Lei Jun personally leads this work, showing that he attaches great importance to AI research and development.
Xiaomi's AI strategy is not only reflected in the introduction of talents, but also includes huge capital investment. According to Xiaomi Group President Lu Weibing, Xiaomi’s research and development expenses are expected to reach 24 billion yuan in 2024, and will further climb to 30 billion yuan in 2025. From 2022 to 2026, Xiaomi will invest more than 100 billion yuan, focusing on the development of three underlying technologies: AI, operating system (OS) and chips.
This massive investment and layout fully demonstrates that Xiaomi regards AI as the core driving force for future development, especially in the field of large models. By cooperating with top talents in the industry, Xiaomi strives to occupy a place in the global AI competition, promote technological breakthroughs and improve market competitiveness.
Xiaomi has demonstrated its determination to long-term development in the field of artificial intelligence by recruiting top AI talents with high salaries and investing huge amounts of money. In the future, it is worth looking forward to whether Xiaomi can stand out in the fierce market competition with its AI strategy.