Jack Zhong
钟天杰
Jack Zhong (钟天杰) is an investment director at ZhenFund, where he covers the AI and agent space. He has become a visible voice in China's venture scene on the shift from GUI-centric software to agent-native architectures, crystallized in his March 2026 essay "Maybe We Should Stop Investing in GUI-Centric Software Companies" . In that piece and subsequent talks, he mapped the past 500 days of the agent era as a chain of transitions: GUI fading, headless systems rising, CLI resurfacing, skills being packaged, and an "Agentic Economy" beginning to form . He has also shaped ZhenFund's programming around the theme, including a token grant initiative for founders building their first agent . Beyond his investment role, he appears as a podcast guest and essayist on the human-agent relationship and what it means for startup paths . elsewheres corpus does not contain biographical detail on his background prior to ZhenFund.
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The 500th Day of the Agent Era: What's Disappearing, What's Being Born, and Why We Should Stop Investing in GUI-Thinking Software
On January 1, 2025, we released a kickoff podcast episode. ZhenFund managing partner Yusen Dai and Koji proposed in their conversation: 2025
The 500 Days of the Agent Era: What's Disappearing, What's Being Born, and Why We Should Stop Investing in GUI-Thinking Software
6 Keywords to Debrief the Agent Moment
Day 500 of the Agent Era: What's Disappearing, What's Being Born — Why We Should Stop Investing in GUI-Minded Software
Day 500 of the Agent Era: What's Disappearing, What's Being Born, and Why We Should Stop Investing in GUI-Thinking Software
I gave him a dream: surpass Claude Code.
Humanity will stand witness, guarding this new world as it comes into being.
KernelCAT Lin Zhihang: Building AI That Truly Controls Your Computer
Let AI charge ahead without being constrained by human interaction frameworks.
Your First Agent, On Us
"Token Grant" will provide each project with RMB 50,000 in token fees
Your First Agent, On Us | ZhenFund Token Grant
What do the next generation of entrepreneurs need most as they set out in the AI era?
Maybe We Should Stop Investing in GUI-Centric Software Companies
Agents are a user base ten times larger than humans.
Eight Emotions Between Humans and OpenClaw
This is my second growth journal — stay tuned for more!
ZhenFund's Lunar New Year Reading List: A Good Story
Walking alongside words, seeing a wider world.
