Recently, Meituan co-founder Wang Huiwen returned to Meituan and served as the head of the AI team GN06, which attracted industry attention. The GN06 team focuses on emotional companionship, chatbots and other fields, and is committed to exploring the application of artificial intelligence. Its core product, the AI emotional companionship application Wow, allows users to customize character images, personalities and voices and interact in the AI community. Wang Huiwen's return this time marks his continued investment in AI business and also shows Meituan's strategic layout in the field of artificial intelligence.
According to 36Kr, the former co-founder of Meituan, Wang Huiwen, officially returned to Meituan and served as the head of the AI team, committed to exploring the application of artificial intelligence.
This team is called GN06, and is mainly concentrated in the fields of emotional companionship, chat robots, etc. Wang Huiwen will play an important role within the team, responsible for interviewing and checking for product and operational positions.
According to reports, the GN06 team's working status is relatively independent and does not belong to any Meituan's business group. This allows them to focus on new directions outside of their main business and maintain independence from Meituan's existing AI team. One of GN06's current core product is the AI emotional companionship application Wow, through which users can freely customize the image, personality and voice of their characters and interact with them in the AI community.
Wang Huiwen once founded a Light Away company in 2023, focusing on entrepreneurship in the field of big models. However, due to health reasons, he left Meituan and resigned from his related position. After a period of rest, Wang Huiwen gradually recovered from health in April this year and re-joined Meituan's work as an advisor. Now, his full-time return shows his emphasis and expectations for the AI business.
Under Wang Huiwen's leadership, the recruitment demand of the GN06 team has increased significantly, covering multiple positions such as front-end, client, and back-end. Many positions also require experience in overseas AI products.
Wang Huiwen's return and the independent operation model of the GN06 team indicate that Meituan will have more in-depth exploration and development in the field of AI, and the future is worth looking forward to. Wang Huiwen's rich experience and enthusiasm for AI will undoubtedly inject new vitality into Meituan's AI business.