[Former Alibaba Qwen Code Lead Joins a Major Domestic Tech Firm to Head AI Coding] According to monitoring by Beating, multiple informed sources have revealed that Hui Binyuan, the former head of Alibaba's Tongyi Qwen Code, has joined a major domestic internet company as the head of AI Coding algorithms. The specific company has not yet been disclosed. Hui Binyuan left Alibaba in January 2026. Previously, LatePost reported that he had joined Meta, and this claim was subsequently echoed by several media outlets. Hui Binyuan was a core member of the Qwen-Coder series, long responsible for large code models and the Coding Agent direction. He has recently continued to engage in research on intelligent agents for software engineering, but his public profile has not yet indicated his new employer. [Original Link]