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title: "DeepSeek Post-95s Researcher Guo Daya Joins ByteDance with Annual Salary Approaching 10 Million Yuan as Chinese Tech Giants Launch AI Coding Battle"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/282990173.md"
description: "Former DeepSeek researcher Guo Daya has joined ByteDance to lead the Seed organization responsible for large model development, holding an L8 rank. Her compensation package approaches that of top-tier AI talent in China, similar to Tencent's Yao Shunyu, but full payment is subject to meeting specific conditions"
datetime: "2026-04-16T11:30:21.000Z"
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# DeepSeek Post-95s Researcher Guo Daya Joins ByteDance with Annual Salary Approaching 10 Million Yuan as Chinese Tech Giants Launch AI Coding Battle

Former DeepSeek researcher Guo Daya has joined ByteDance to lead the Seed organization responsible for large model development and serves as one of the agent leads, holding an L8 rank. Multiple sources familiar with the matter told us that Guo Daya's total compensation package upon joining Seed is very high, approaching the level of top-tier AI talent in China, similar to Tencent's Yao Shunyu, though full payment requires meeting certain conditions.

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