张小珺 Xiaojun Zhang (@zhang_benita) “This was my first interview with Yang Zhilin, founder of Kimi, conducted in earl” — TopicDigg

This was my first interview with Yang Zhilin, founder of Kimi, conducted in early 2024 and published on March 1, 2024—exactly the first anniversary of Kimi's founding. At the time, Kimi had only 80 people, working out of their first, somewhat run-down office. There was no logo at the entrance. Only a white piano standing guard by the door. This article generated quite a stir in China's tech community at the time. The original title of this piece is quite poetic: March Toward the Endless, Unknown Snow Mountains. Back then, I was still a print journalist, so this interview exists only as text and an audio podcast. As we can see, many of the views expressed in this article have since been borne out. Just rereading these words from two years ago, you really can't help but marvel at how dramatically the world has changed!