AI Team Org Map — Kaon (April 2026)
Maintained as living doc. Last updated: 2026-04-07
All teams report to Alex Xi (CTO) Total AI headcount: ~32 active
1. 后训练 / Post-Training
Lead: 韩子扬 ICs: 陈昱, 李家宜, 王钦语, 陈佳新, 刘俊文, 郝少春, 1 intern Headcount: 7 ICs + lead Focus: SFT, GRPO, training data pipeline
1-RM. RM / Eval (sub-team, needs lead)
Lead: None — needs hire Team: Not yet staffed (currently handled within Post-Training) Focus: Reward model training, eval benchmarks, A/B test design, bad case triage, quality signal definition Gap: 🔴 P0 — RM/Eval Lead ($250–350K TC if US)
2. 个性化 / Personalization
Lead: 杨千驰 (Mouse) ICs: 刘左茜 (AI Ops), 付泓鑫 (AI Ops), 新人 Headcount: 3 ICs + lead Focus: User embedding, personalization, population intelligence
3a. AI工程 - Product
Lead: Chen Xi ICs: 李大山, Xinyi Chen, 叶沛津, Leon Headcount: 4 ICs + lead Focus: AI product engineering, production AI services, non-agent AI engineering (业务向)
3b. AI工程 - Agentic
Lead: TBD (Alex still deciding structure) ICs: 谢靖, 田勇 Headcount: 2 ICs Focus: Agent research, agentic systems, productionizing agents Note: How “research” vs “product” this team should be is still being determined
4. AI Platform & Infra
Lead: 李斌
4a. Platforms & Production
ICs: 范晓豪, 李铭宇 Focus: Internal platforms (n8n, Shiki, Evals, Wagashi, Tianji), production chat service, Conv AB, ELO
4b. Data & Agent Infra
Sub-lead: 田浩廷 Focus: Data infra, agent infra, LSP, GPU management Gap: 🟡 P1 — Infra Engineers (田浩廷 solo after 何川 departed)
5. Inference Optimization
Lead: 王谦 ICs: YaoHua Fang, 孙绍帅, 张云飞 Away: 张越 (intern, temporarily away) Headcount: 4 ICs + lead (+ 1 away intern) Focus: Inference optimization, model serving, latency, KV Cache optimization
6. 多模态 / Multimodal
Lead: Boyn Chan + Felix (co-lead) ICs: 伍袁锋 (Curry), 刘欣然, 余子豪 Headcount: 3 ICs + co-leads Focus: Image generation, multimodal capabilities
7. AI Product
Person: 牟文钊 Working with: Water Focus: AI product direction
Key Gaps & Hiring Needs
| Priority | Role | Team | Location | Est. Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🔴 P0 | RM/Eval Lead | Post-Training sub-team (#1-RM) | US or China | T2 ($250-350K TC) if US | Most critical hire |
| 🔴 P0 | Agentic team lead/structure | AI Eng - Agentic (#3b) | TBD | TBD | Alex deciding structure |
| 🟡 P1 | Data & Agent Infra engineers | Under 田浩廷 (#4b) | China | ~$8K/mo | 田浩廷 solo; 何川 departed |
| 🟡 P1 | Personalization researcher | 个性化 (#2) | China | ~$8K/mo | Team thin for scope |
| 🟢 P2 | AI engineers (1-2) | AI Eng - Product (#3a) | China or US | Varies | Production AI ramp |
Budget Context
- Extra hiring budget: 300K/mo (on top of existing payroll)
- China cost: ~$8K/mo per person
- US cost: ~$25K/mo per person
- 1 US hire ≈ 3 China hires