Gate News message, April 17 — Bytedance denied reports that DeepSeek researcher Guo Daya joined its Seed team with a salary worth nearly 100 million yuan. Li Liang, vice president of Douyin Group, stated that the Seed team’s compensation structure is uniform across all technical staff, consisting of cash, Bytedance stock options, and Doubao (Bytedance’s AI assistant) options, with all options vesting over four years with no additional conditions.
Guo Daya has confirmed to have joined Bytedance’s Seed team as one of the Agent leads, though specific salary details remain undisclosed. The exact timing of the hire was not specified in the announcements.
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