[ByteDance Just Elevated AI Data to a First-Level Department, Former Head Fu Yue Reportedly Left to Start a Business in Agent/FDE] According to monitoring by Dongcha Beating, former ByteDance AI Data Head Fu Yue has reportedly started a new venture focusing on Agent/FDE. One of the co-founders is said to also be a ByteDance executive, and several well-known VCs are currently in contact with the project. The company name, co-founder identities, and funding details have not yet been officially disclosed. FDE refers to Frontline Deployment Engineering, which directly integrates AI Agents into real-world workflows by embedding them into client operations. Such teams need to understand both models and engineering while collaborating with clients to solve specific business problems. After returning to ByteDance in 2023, Fu Yue established Global Data, overseeing data procurement and quality control for large model training, and was one of the early leaders of ByteDance's AI data system. Reports yesterday also indicated that he recently left ByteDance, with his responsibilities taken over by Wang Yinglei. Around the time of Fu Yue's departure, ByteDance further elevated the data system he helped build. Teams such as Global Data, the Group Data Middle Platform (DMC), and AIDP under Flow were integrated into a new first-level department called 'AI Data and Security,' which now operates parallel to departments like Seed and Flow. [Original Link]