PeopleofSuperintelligence

Company, China

Moonshot AI

Statistics

People here now
2
People ever
3
Full moves in and out
3 in, 1 out

Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.

We estimate that 3 people shaping AI have worked at Moonshot AI, including 2 (67%) here now and 1 with a former affiliation. Among 3,344 companies, Moonshot AI is tied for 204th by all-time people and tied for 93rd by current headcount. Language and speech leads 2 areas of expertise (2 of 3 people with profile topics). Dated work records span from 2022 to 2026. Across dated career transitions, we record 3 full moves in and 1 out.

From 2023 to 2026, 2 people joined and 1 left, a net gain of 1.Latest recorded transition per person, 2023–2026 (3 full moves and 0 roles taken alongside existing work).

A list of people who joined or left Moonshot AI from 2023 through 2026, with the year and move type.

Joined

Left

Source: People of Superintelligence career moves, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
YearPersonDirectionOther organizationMove type
2024Yiping BaoJoinedByteDanceFull move
2023Yang ZhilinJoinedGoogleFull move
2023Zongyu LinLeftUniversity of California, Los AngelesFull move

Compared with peer companies, Moonshot AI ranks higher on current headcount (tied for 93rd of 3,344) than on all-time headcount (tied for 204th); 2 of its 3 all-time people (67%) hold a current role here. Across work histories (excluding degrees), 3 of the 3 people who have worked at Moonshot AI (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Moonshot AI to 6 peer institutions.

Meta shares the largest career overlap with Moonshot AI, at 2 of 3 people with work records elsewhere.Organizations where people with work records at Moonshot AI also worked at any time in their careers (3 people across 6 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at Moonshot AI. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
Meta2
Apple1
ByteDance1
Google1
Megvii1

People here now

The 2 people with a current role at Moonshot AI include 1 lab leader and 1 researcher. Earlier in their careers, 2 of the 2 held a work role at another organization.

People with former affiliations

We record 1 person who formerly worked at Moonshot AI. That person has a recorded current role at Meta.

Posts that include Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI appears in 2 research posts comparing organizations across AI.

  1. 5,000 frontier users would be 38.2% of the core labs' 13,100 reported staff5,000 frontier users would be 38.2% of the core labs' 13,100 reported staff. We test the estimate against 3,913 named model contributors and dated all-staff records across Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic, plus six additional frontier-grade labs.
  2. Google alumni have founded or led 133 other organizations, more than any other AI labWe estimate that alumni of 17 major AI labs went on to found or lead 350 other organizations, including 226 they founded, and we trace 472 career moves directly between 23 labs since 2010.