Sources revealed that PICO, which is responsible for the Yuan universe business, has recently resigned, and the number of employees has left half of the peak period.
According to the surging news on Tuesday (October 24), Ren Lifeng, vice president of PICO, who is regarded as one of the veterans of Douyin, is in a state of resignation in the first half of this year and has been not responsible for PICO's business management for a long time. It is expected that it is expectedHe will officially resign at the end of this year.
In addition to Ren Lifeng, many senior executives of Pico have also resigned. Among them, Song Binghua has been transferred back to Douyin Variety and Entertainment Department at the end of last year; Wu Zuomin is still in charge of the video business, but there may be changes in the future;Liu Ye, the person in charge of the PICO video live broadcast reused by Ren Lifeng, has also resigned; and the content of the content of the content of Ren Lifeng also left Pico and transferred the inside of Douyin.
It is reported that the number of employees in PICO during the peak period exceeded 2,000, but the marketing department employees have left about three -thirds, and the flow rate of the technical department is slightly lower, but the overall number of employees is close to half of the peak period.As the Ministry of Culture and Culture, the general person in charge of the disaster area, the head of the department is Ren Lifeng.
People familiar with the matter revealed that PICO President Zhou Hongwei recently went to Singapore to report PICO -related dynamics with the founder of byte beating.There will be adjustments in directions.
Since the acquisition of PICO in September 2021, the team has expanded rapidly from the initial 200 people to about 2,000.However, PICO has experienced multiple rounds of layoffs since this year, and the layoffs in February this year have reached 20%to 30%.Recently, the news such as "VR Giant Pico will be shut down, and the news such as bytes beating and abandoning the Yuan universe" and other news are also spread.
It is reported that too "burning money" is an important reason for the frequent blockage of the Yuan universe. Whether it is the core device or the entire mechanism, it is extremely high, but the current market demand is still in the cultivation stage.The path is not clear. "
A technical person said that at present VR development requires at least 100 people to do hardware and software, and it is necessaryIf the strength is insufficient and the product is not strong, it will face financial difficulties after a few years.
