Byte Responds to "Nearly 100 Million Yuan Hires Top DeepSeek Employee": No Near 100 Million Yuan Annual Salary Employee Hired Recently

BlockBeats News, April 16th — In response to the rumor that ByteDance spent nearly 100 million yuan to poach former DeepSeek researcher Guo Daya, Li Liang, Vice President of Douyin, stated that the salary system for all Seed team technical staff recruited by ByteDance is the same, including cash, Byte options, and Bean options. The options have a four-year vesting period with no "need to meet certain conditions to receive in full" situation. There have been no recent hires with a nearly 100 million yuan annual salary. The future gains of Seed team members from Byte and Bean options will fluctuate based on the option price. If the business develops well, it is not ruled out that some Seed technical staff may receive gains reaching hundreds of millions of yuan after four years. (YiCai)