Tao Zhang
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Tao Zhang is a Chinese tech entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Manus Bio, a company he started with Peak Ji (季逸超) and a partner referred to as "Red" . Before Manus, he was an angel investor in Tigerobo's seed round alongside Gaorong Capital and Dianping's founder . In late 2024, he made his first public response to controversy surrounding Manus, explaining in a Tsinghua University talk why the product hadn't been replaced—part of a broader discussion about innovation cycles . Earlier in his career, he collaborated with Ji on an AI browser project that they shut down after seven months of development when they concluded the approach wouldn't work .
Related coverage: Tao Zhang appears in passing references in pieces about Linear Capital's investment thesis and Musk's ventures , but these do not cover him directly.
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