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Former OpenAI Researcher Yonglong Tian Joins Tencent
July 8, 2026
CoinFeed News
CoinFeed reported on July 8, according to Jinshi citing Leifeng.com, that former OpenAI researcher Yonglong Tian (田永龙) has recently joined Tencent. Insiders revealed that he may subsequently participate in research and development related to VLM (Visual Language Model). It is understood that Tian Yonglong and Tencent Hunyuan core member Shunyu Yao have worked together during their time at OpenAI. From his career path, Tian Yonglong is a typical 'vision-oriented' researcher.