Ren Lifeng helped build Douyin. Now he is bringing AI into factories

KrASIASeptember 10, 2026en

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AI Global Wire

Ren brought a resume closely tied to several of ByteDance’s major products. In the fall of 2016, he was a core member of the team incubating A.me. Three months later, the product was renamed Douyin.

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