What problem does it solve? It lets you consult a research-grounded simulation of ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming's thinking, so you can analyze product, organizational, globalization, and talent questions through his mental models instead of generic business advice. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Five Mental Models: Delayed gratification as cognitive boundary, projecting surface problems onto higher-dimensional simple problems, empathy over algorithms, Context not Control, and escaping the gravity of mediocrity. - Seven Decision Heuristics: Including "small validation before big bets", "ten-year time horizons", and "realize-correct-learn-forgive" failure handling, each backed by documented cases like the Musical.ly acquisition and TikTok crisis response. - Agentic Research Workflow: Classifies incoming questions, performs web research on factual topics before answering, and responds in Zhang Yiming's first-person voice with his expression DNA (short sentences, probability language, no motivational clichés). - Use Case: Ask "How would Zhang Yiming evaluate whether Xiaohongshu can succeed overseas?" and receive an analysis grounded in fresh web research on information distribution efficiency, data flywheels, and organizational fit. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to analyze your product or organization question from Zhang Yiming's perspective, for example by saying "Use the Zhang Yiming perspective to tell me whether my team should expand into a new market."
