Yang Zhilin

Yang Zhilin's achievements are rooted in research and entrepreneurship. He co-authored two of the most cited NLP papers of the last decade: XLNet and Transformer-XL, which have shaped modern language models. He was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in 2021 and MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 China in 2022. His company Moonshot AI reached a $2 billion valuation within a year, marking one of the fastest-growing AI startups in China. These accomplishments reflect his ability to translate cutting-edge research into commercial impact.