BlockBeats, citing Dongcha Beating AI, reported that Zhang Yingya, the lead behind Alibaba Tongyi Wanxiang’s Wan series of video generation models, has recently left the company, with his next destination still unclear. Zhang joined Alibaba through campus recruitment in 2015 and had worked there for about 11 years. Earlier in his tenure, he focused on visual recognition and image detection before moving into diffusion models and video generation research. In 2023, he took part in the development of ModelScopeT2V, Alibaba’s early open-source text-to-video model, and later became a core researcher on the Wan series. His name also appeared on the Wan technical report released in 2025. The reported departure came after Alibaba reorganized its multimodal teams. In July this year, the company folded the Tongyi Wanxiang team into the Future Life Laboratory led by Vice President Zhang Di, placing it under the same management structure as the HappyHorse video model and the HappyOyster world model.
BlockBeats, citing Dongcha Beating AI, reported that Zhang Yingya, the lead for Alibaba Tongyi Wanxiang’s Wan series of video generation models, has recently left the company. His next move has not been disclosed.
Zhang joined Alibaba through campus recruitment in 2015 and spent about 11 years at the company. Early in his career there, he worked on visual recognition and image detection, before shifting to diffusion models and video generation.
In 2023, Zhang participated in the development of ModelScopeT2V, one of Alibaba’s early open-source text-to-video models. He later became a core researcher on the Wan series. His name also appeared on the Wan technical report released in 2025.
The departure came after Alibaba reorganized its multimodal teams. In July this year, Alibaba merged the Tongyi Wanxiang team into the Future Life Laboratory led by Vice President Zhang Di, putting it under unified management alongside the HappyHorse video model and the HappyOyster world model.
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