Founder Talks印奇（阶跃星辰董事长） × 张小珺 · Jan 26, 2026 · 2:01:00
Yin Qi on Leading StepFun: Smart People's Temptations & Trade-offs
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Why it matters
In January 2026, Yin Qi became chairman of LLM company StepFun. A 2-hour deep dive: the transition from AI 1.0 to 2.0, the brutal elimination race of long-horizon work, redefining StepFun, the line between smart people's temptation, technical faith and speculation, and Yao Class, startups, and super-multivariate equations.
Key takeaways
- New role: Yin Qi leads both Qianli Tech and StepFun.
- AI 1.0→2.0 transition: lessons from the previous generation.
- The brutal elimination race: LLM competition is a marathon.
- Smart people's temptation: the line between technical faith and speculation.
- StepFun's playbook: late-mover strategy and redefinition.
Original video
- Speaker
- 印奇（阶跃星辰董事长） × 张小珺
- Channel
- 张小珺｜商业访谈录
- Venue
- Zhang Xiaojun's Interview
- Date · Duration
- Jan 26, 2026 · 2:01:00
131. 印奇出任阶跃星辰董事长的访谈：聪明人的诱惑、取舍、超长链路残酷淘汰赛、阶跃函数和超多元方程
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