Qwen’s Former Lead on What Hybrid Thinking Got Wrong — and Why He Now Backs Agents
Junyang Lin was the technical lead of Alibaba’s Qwen mission. He introduced he was stepping down on March 3, 2026. He now lists himself as an unbiased researcher on his private website. In a chat titled ‘Qwen: Towards a Generalist Model / Agent,‘ he walks by the Qwen household. It ends on a single line:…
