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Wen Shilei, head of GenAI R&D for ByteDance's commercialization unit, has completed his departure and joined the embodied intelligence company Octopus Dynamics as a partner. According to a 36Kr·AI report on October 30, 2026, over the preceding four months, the team's head Peng Bingyue and China head Yuan Zehuan departed successively, the remaining personnel have been reassigned, and the independent organizational structure has effectively come to an end. Octopus Dynamics was founded in January 2026, has completed a seed round of nearly $50 million, and has raised nearly 1 billion yuan in cumulative funding.
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Wen Shilei leaves ByteDance to join Octopus Dynamics as partner
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Wen Shilei, Head of ByteDance's Commercialization GenAI R&D, Resigns and Joins Embodied AI Company Octopus Dynamics
Wen Shilei, head of ByteDance's commercialization GenAI R&D, has completed his resignation and joined embodied AI company Octopus Dynamics as a partner. Previously, within four months, the team's head Peng Bingyue and China head Yuan Zehuan resigned in succession; the remaining personnel have been reassigned, and the independent organizational structure has effectively come to an end. Octopus Dynamics was founded in January 2026 and has completed a seed round of nearly $50 million, with cumulative funding of nearly 1 billion yuan.