Cheng Yixiao is co-founder, executive director, chairman and CEO of Kuaishou. He launched the original GIF Kuaishou app in 2011 and now oversees a business spanning short-form video, commerce and AI services.[1][2][4]
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Education
Co-founder, Executive Director, Chairman and CEO · Kuaishou
Career
Cheng earned a bachelor’s degree in software engineering at Northeastern University in China in July 2007. He worked as a software engineer and developer at Hewlett-Packard from August 2007 to July 2009, then at Renren from September 2009 to February 2011. He launched GIF Kuaishou in 2011 and became Kuaishou CEO on October 29, 2021.[1][2]
Contributions
In the second-quarter 2026 results, Cheng discusses AI across content, advertising, commerce and internal work. He highlights the release of Kling 3.0 Turbo and the growth of the Kling business. The account places video-generation models within the company’s infrastructure and commercial operations; the models are developed by Kuaishou’s teams.[4]
Ideas
In his fifteenth-anniversary remarks, Cheng describes AI as a way to create content and experiences that could not previously scale. The emphasis is on applying new capabilities to user needs and Kuaishou’s existing ecosystem. This frames the company’s AI strategy around products and services, rather than capability improvements alone.[3]
Tools, writing & talks
Writing, research & talks
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Kuaishou fifteenth-anniversary AI strategyir.kuaishou.comA summary of Cheng’s remarks on translating AI capabilities into user and business value.
Begin with the distinction between a new capability and a new experience for users. No technical prerequisites are needed; the results release supplies the company context.
Speaker; company-published summary[3]- Kuaishou second-quarter and interim 2026 resultsir.kuaishou.com
Company results containing Cheng’s explanation of AI deployment and Kling commercialization.
CEO commentary; company publication[4]