Michael
Member of Founding Team
Vattention CEO
Transformers Figures
Skiing
Console Games
Post-Production
Cat Owner
Dog Owner
We believe Human-AI Collaboration can reshape the future of creation, making AI the most powerful partner for creators.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from University of Science and Technology of China. Former Alibaba Group Product Director / L1 Project Lead, Founder of LightOnUs / Club App / LISMIS, Web YY Audio-Video Technical Lead. MikeCaptain.com blogger with 7 years of video post-production experience.
James
Member of Founding Team
Vattention Head of Engineering
Movies
Food
Travel
Sci-Fi
Fantasy & Wuxia
Technology should serve creativity. We want AI to truly understand creators' intentions.
Bachelor's and master's degrees in Software Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Former multiple core project technical R&D lead at renowned large model company 01.AI, covering AI video editing products, large model open platforms, AI search & recommendation systems and other fields. Also worked at Kuaishou/ByteDance/Xiaomi/Microsoft/Baidu responsible for technical management and engineering R&D.
S*
Member of Founding Team
Vattention AI Engineer
Skiing
Diving
Motorcycle
Golf
Not Afraid to Take Risks
The capabilities of large models are constantly expanding. We aim to achieve excellence in video understanding.
Bachelor's in Mathematics from UCLA, Master's in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. Former AI expert at a renowned US aerospace company, part-time professor of Computer Science at UCLA, large model algorithm lead at multiple Chinese AI startups. Experience covers LLM, RL, SFT, training & inference acceleration, Multi-Agent, data governance and other fields.
Lucas
Member of Founding Team
Vattention AI Engineer
ENTJ
Sagittarius
Lean Startup
Data-Driven
Cat Owner
Dog Owner
AI Agent is not just a tool, but an intelligent assistant for creators that understands context and proactively provides help.
Former AI model algorithm team lead at a renowned SaaS unicorn company. Technical experience covers VLM, LLM, RL, CV, NLP and other model algorithm fields as well as Agent / Copilot R&D fields. Enjoys the 0-to-1 building process and believes in the philosophy of 'The Lean Startup'. Graduated from University of Nottingham, UK in Artificial Intelligence.
I*
Member of Founding Team
Vattention Full-Stack Engineer
Guitar
Street Skateboarding
Regular Schedule
Introvert
Photography
Cat Owner
Dog Owner
Building stable and reliable infrastructure to seamlessly integrate AI capabilities into products.
Bachelor's in Computer Science from Peking University, Master's from CAS Institute of Electronics. Former ByteDance TikTok service architect, general AI Agent platform R&D engineer, Huya live streaming platform security R&D engineer. Experienced in distributed systems, security & risk control, Agent systems, DevOps and other full-stack engineering fields.
D*
Member of Founding Team
Vattention Full-Stack Engineer
Football
Music
Harry Potter Fan
Astronomy Club President
Director Dream
Cat Owner
Realizing creativity through code, making technology a bridge connecting AI and creators.
Former Ant Group AI Agent senior engineer, ByteDance backend R&D engineer. Technical experience covers AI Agent system R&D, backend architecture design & development, big data processing and other fields. Rich practical experience in gaming, education, advertising and other business domains. Graduated from China University of Petroleum with bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
L*
Member of Founding Team
Vattention Design Engineer
Hiking
INTJ
Sagittarius
Cat Owner
RedNote Blogger
8PM Coffee
Good design should make complex AI capabilities simple and intuitive, allowing creators to focus on creation itself.
Bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design, Xiaohongshu design blogger with 5K followers. Former Volcano Engine intelligent application designer, TikTok Platform UX, Guagualong illustrator. Design experience covers video editing tools, live streaming scene editors, AI professional model post-training platforms, GenAI visual workflow engines, etc.
H*
Member of Founding Team
Vattention Product Engineer
Post-Production
AI Video Director
Photography
Painting
Anime
Let every piece of content find the sweet spot between data and aesthetics.
Majored in Film and TV Cinematography and Production, combining cinematic aesthetics with a geeky technical mindset. Has worked at tech companies such as DingTalk and NetEase, leading audio/video product operations and content production, deeply involved in product communication, live-streaming systems and full-stack operations. Proficient with nonlinear video editing tools, multimodal video generation models and AI Coding tools, and a deep practitioner at the intersection of content creation and AI tooling.
Michael
Member of Founding Team
Vattention CEO
Transformers Figures
Skiing
Console Games
Post-Production
Cat Owner
Dog Owner
We believe Human-AI Collaboration can reshape the future of creation, making AI the most powerful partner for creators.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from University of Science and Technology of China. Former Alibaba Group Product Director / L1 Project Lead, Founder of LightOnUs / Club App / LISMIS, Web YY Audio-Video Technical Lead. MikeCaptain.com blogger with 7 years of video post-production experience.
James
Member of Founding Team
Vattention Head of Engineering
Movies
Food
Travel
Sci-Fi
Fantasy & Wuxia
Technology should serve creativity. We want AI to truly understand creators' intentions.
Bachelor's and master's degrees in Software Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Former multiple core project technical R&D lead at renowned large model company 01.AI, covering AI video editing products, large model open platforms, AI search & recommendation systems and other fields. Also worked at Kuaishou/ByteDance/Xiaomi/Microsoft/Baidu responsible for technical management and engineering R&D.
S*
Member of Founding Team
Vattention AI Engineer
Skiing
Diving
Motorcycle
Golf
Not Afraid to Take Risks
The capabilities of large models are constantly expanding. We aim to achieve excellence in video understanding.
Bachelor's in Mathematics from UCLA, Master's in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. Former AI expert at a renowned US aerospace company, part-time professor of Computer Science at UCLA, large model algorithm lead at multiple Chinese AI startups. Experience covers LLM, RL, SFT, training & inference acceleration, Multi-Agent, data governance and other fields.
Lucas
Member of Founding Team
Vattention AI Engineer
ENTJ
Sagittarius
Lean Startup
Data-Driven
Cat Owner
Dog Owner
AI Agent is not just a tool, but an intelligent assistant for creators that understands context and proactively provides help.
Former AI model algorithm team lead at a renowned SaaS unicorn company. Technical experience covers VLM, LLM, RL, CV, NLP and other model algorithm fields as well as Agent / Copilot R&D fields. Enjoys the 0-to-1 building process and believes in the philosophy of 'The Lean Startup'. Graduated from University of Nottingham, UK in Artificial Intelligence.
I*
Member of Founding Team
Vattention Full-Stack Engineer
Guitar
Street Skateboarding
Regular Schedule
Introvert
Photography
Cat Owner
Dog Owner
Building stable and reliable infrastructure to seamlessly integrate AI capabilities into products.
Bachelor's in Computer Science from Peking University, Master's from CAS Institute of Electronics. Former ByteDance TikTok service architect, general AI Agent platform R&D engineer, Huya live streaming platform security R&D engineer. Experienced in distributed systems, security & risk control, Agent systems, DevOps and other full-stack engineering fields.
D*
Member of Founding Team
Vattention Full-Stack Engineer
Football
Music
Harry Potter Fan
Astronomy Club President
Director Dream
Cat Owner
Realizing creativity through code, making technology a bridge connecting AI and creators.
Former Ant Group AI Agent senior engineer, ByteDance backend R&D engineer. Technical experience covers AI Agent system R&D, backend architecture design & development, big data processing and other fields. Rich practical experience in gaming, education, advertising and other business domains. Graduated from China University of Petroleum with bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
L*
Member of Founding Team
Vattention Design & UX Engineer
Hiking
INTJ
Sagittarius
Cat Owner
RedNote Blogger
8PM Coffee
Good design should make complex AI capabilities simple and intuitive, allowing creators to focus on creation itself.
Bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design, Xiaohongshu design blogger with 5K followers. Former Volcano Engine intelligent application designer, TikTok Platform UX, Guagualong illustrator. Design experience covers video editing tools, live streaming scene editors, AI professional model post-training platforms, AIGC visual workflow engines, etc.
H*
Member of Founding Team
Vattention Content & Video Operations
Video Editing
Content Ops
GenAI
AI Coding
Let every piece of content find the sweet spot between data and aesthetics.
Bachelor's degree in Film and TV Production from Zhejiang University of Media and Communications, combining film-grade aesthetics with geeky technical thinking. Has led audio/video product operations and content production at DingTalk, NetEase and Jingzhunxue, building live-streaming setups and multi-end content operations with 10+ major release live events and over 1M cumulative views. Proficient in using GenAI tools and AI Coding to build Agent workflows and 3D interactive marketing sites, improving b-roll and script production efficiency by 40%-60%, continuously exploring best practices at the intersection of content creation and AI tooling.
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