Former Toutiao CEO Chen Lin confirms AI education venture

Chen Lin, the former CEO of ByteDance’s news app Toutiao, publicly confirmed his move into AI education in an essay reported Tuesday. Chen went on to lead ByteDance’s Dali Education business before stepping back from frontline management in 2022.

His company, registered in late 2024, operates Xiaolu Aixue, an AI learning platform for schools that gives students interactive lessons and practice exercises and helps teachers track their progress. [DoNews, in Chinese] [Xiaolu Aixue, in Chinese]