Hu Yunhua, a former Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) researcher and senior technical expert at Alibaba DAMO Academy, has joined Zhipu AI as head of ChatGLM.
Hu will lead the company’s consumer-facing AI conversation application, ChatGLM, which has attracted over 25 million users and generates annual revenue of more than RMB 10 million ($1.4 million).
Hu has a strong background in AI, having worked at MSRA and played a key role in developing recommendation algorithms for shopping intent mining and optimization at Alibaba.
Despite its early success, ChatGLM now faces increased competition as major tech firms enter the conversational AI market.