Tencent hires multiple core engineers from ByteDance’s Seed AI team

Tencent is hiring multiple senior AI engineers from ByteDance’s Seed AI team.

The recruits include specialists in visual AI platforms, infrastructure, training systems, and reinforcement learning.

The moves point to tighter competition for top AI talent in China.

Tencent is also gearing up Hunyuan 3.0 for a planned Q2 2026 launch.