Kai-Fu Lee
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Kai-Fu Lee is the founder of Innovation Works and the founder of 01.AI, one of China's "six little tigers" of large-model companies, with an earlier career that included heading Microsoft Research Asia . At Innovation Works he declared in 2017 that "this is the golden age of AI" and said he wanted AI investments to make up nearly half the fund's portfolio ; he has also served as a board member of Zhuiyi Technology in that capacity . At 01.AI, which he founded after leaving his post as a Microsoft global vice president, he stayed personally front-and-center — publicly refuting "abandoning pre-training" rumors in October 2024, then conceding in mid-2025 that the company had begun rethinking its Scaling Law path back in May 2024 . He remains a public-facing figure in China's AI discourse, co-authoring the 2021 book "AI 2041" with sci-fi writer Stanley Chan and, in 2025, joining Xiaohongshu's wave of big-name tech AMAs .
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The Unforgettable Series C Funding of Moonshot AI
A stroke of genius.
An AI short series based on Cixin Liu's work hit 100 million views, but he says there will be no more sci-fi novels in the future | A conversation with Stanley Chan
For Those Whose Effectiveness Is Fading
The Fundraising Stories of China's "Six Little Tigers": Six Paths, Six Lives
If Kimi ever goes public, will the bell-ringing photo look very different?
Merge the "Six Little Tigers" to build China AGI.
"Merge the Six Little Tigers"
Why Is AI Creativity Trapped in Text?
The future of AI isn't in chat boxes — it's in UI generators.
What Are We Really Talking About When We Talk About AI on Xiaohongshu?
Authentic, conversational, iterative, connected.
Who Laid the First Mile of China's AI Innovation?
On one side are genuine human needs and diverse scenarios; on the other, a steady influx of AI creators. Xiaohongshu has become a connector for innovation.
Former 01.AI Co-founder Dai Zonghong's Startup "Basis Origin" Closes Angel Round of Over 100 Million Yuan | New Unity Ventures Portfolio Company
A 20-person team completes AI customization projects that previously required hundreds of people
Inconsistent Kai-Fu Lee
Media teachers care about you
MiniMax's Fat Cat Universe
Pang Mao Was Set Up by AI
The Clear Path, Hidden Path, and Rocky Path of AI Fundraising
Where does the money come from?
Zhihu's "Ten Internet Questions" Revelation: One Platform, Three Rounds of Inquiry, and a Thirteen-Year Code of the Times
The Power of Dialogue and Reflection
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: From Leading Microsoft's Transformation to His Analysis of the Future of AI Agents | Bolt Picks
From "knowing everything" to "learning everything."
Under the China-US AI Gap, To B or Not To B — Here's What Kai-Fu Lee Thinks
A condensed summary.
The First Batch of Robots Has Already Started Working at BMW's Factory
No rush. / Don't panic. / Stay calm.
Two Roads Diverge, But You Can't Travel Both | 2024 · Under 36
Make your choice.
Looking Back at AI's "May": The Five Most Important Little Things | Attent!on Tech Notes
The future is already here — it's just not evenly distributed.
Standing at the AI Crossing, the Future Comes Roaring In | 16 Observations and Reflections from My Q1
The green mountains endure, the clear waters flow on — change never misses its cue.
China's LLM Funding War: The Quick Death of Romance
Do the investors regret it?
When a Male Celebrity Decides to Become a VC | Is Silicon Valley Burning?
"Life can be far broader than you imagine."
Why "Copy to China" Is Hard to Replicate, and Where China's LLM Opportunity Lies
Recently, Bai Zeren, Senior Investment Director at Linear Capital, sat down with *Jazzyear* to share his views on the entrepreneurial opportunities brought by ChatGPT. When it comes to the domestic market for large language model startups, Linear Capital remains optimistic. "While the engineering detours and challenges will take time to work through, the probability of Chinese companies producing something with 80% of ChatGPT's capabilities within two to three years is quite high — even if surpassing what OpenAI has already built will be difficult."
Kai-Fu Lee is raising an AI 2.0 company — and it won't just be a Chinese ChatGPT clone.
"This will be China's first opportunity to compete at the platform level in AI — ten times bigger than mobile internet."
Zhuiyi Technology Closes $41 Million Series C to Accelerate Industrial AI Transformation
From Enterprise Intelligence to Industrial Intelligence
Yi Cao Named to 2017 China Top Venture Capitalists TOP50
Jiemian and Toutiao jointly released the "Top Venture Capitalists in China" list for the first time.
Yongqianbao Announces Completion of 466 Million Yuan Series C Funding Round, Source Code Capital Follows On
On March 28, Yongqianbao announced the completion of its Series C funding round, with Source Code Capital participating as a follow-on investor.
