Xiaohongshu
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Xiaohongshu (RED) is a Chinese social platform — elsewhere's corpus doesn't carry a standalone profile of the company itself, but it appears extensively in coverage of its unexpected role as China's AI-startup launchpad. In 2025, products like Manus, Flowith, StressWatch, and Chen Kaijie's Macaron all did their cold starts there, with Macaron users creating nearly 200,000 mini-apps after launch . By late 2025 the platform hosted over 50,000 developers, tech content had grown over 100% year-on-year, and investors were sourcing founders directly from it . The platform itself has leaned into this, saying it aims to act as a "connector" in the 2026 AI wave — serving developers and users alike through hackathons, indie-dev contests, and mini-program tools to shorten PMF validation . Part of the draw is structural: as founder Chen Kaijie put it, Xiaohongshu may be the only Chinese platform where the comment section — not just the content — is the point, making it a natural venue for Building in Public .
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AI Dating Is Basically Hengshui High School
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FOMO won't take us in the right direction; the goal is to stay in the game
"Investors never take responsibility for their advice."
The 500th Day of the Agent Era: What's Disappearing, What's Being Born, and Why We Should Stop Investing in GUI-Thinking Software
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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
Standing at the Crossing, roads stretch out in every direction — all roads lead to Rome | Chatting with *Beyond Cycles* about my Crossing
Pessimists are often right, but only optimists succeed. The pessimist's angle is: "Oh god, what am I going to do?" The optimist's angle is: "Wow, all roads lead to Rome."
14 Fragments, 14 Years of Investment Thinking | Linear View
Some things can't be measured by ROI.
Most guys have worse chat game than EVE.
AI Turned the Tables and Got Me to Spend
MIT Grads Are "Quantifying Aesthetics," Building an AI-Era Xiaohongshu
An "AI bestie" who gets aesthetics — and gets you.
The Product Most Like Xiaohongshu in the AI Era: Visual Context, Extreme Distribution, One-Click Life Inspiration — A Conversation with Viba Founder Qianhui Liang on the Next Generation of Consumer Decision-Making
The Arrival of Intentional Consumption
A Conversation with Zeng Xi, Former Senior Director at Doubao and Founder of Chance AI: The New Battleground for Visual AI Isn't Image Recognition — It's Mind Reading
How Many Steps Does It Take for AI to Understand Human Society?
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In the Age of AI, Jocks Rule
She Wants to Build a "Super Playground" for the AI Era | A Conversation with Roi: Founder / CEO of Mujian
People who are afraid to lose will never win the game.
An Architect Wants to Use AI to Rebuild a North American "Xiaohongshu"
Let AI amplify human agency.
We rebuilt Crossing's entire content workflow using MiniMax M2.7.
When Agents Enter Real-World Workflows
iPad: "Productivity before purchase, iQIYI after"? AI Won't Have It
WPS for Pad is here.
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The Shrimp Myth Lives On
Eight Emotions Between Humans and OpenClaw
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Zhang Yueguang added a chatbot to an otome game
Pure humor
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VC takes a certain amount of instinct.
When AI Starts Using Phones Like Humans
From Doubao to StepFun's Step-GUI: Smartphones Are Becoming AI's New Entry Point
NuMiao's Li Nan: The World Is Getting More Real, Everyone Wants to See the Real Thing | BuMing Brain Trust
What makes a product stand out?
Thanks to OiiOii, no one lost their job because of you.
That's fire, bro.
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"Treat AI as a person.
2025 AI Scene: What We Witnessed and Imagined This Year
There is no turning back — the only way forward is through.
Flowith is useless.
Agent OS ❌ Chromium & Claude Code Wrapper Competition ✅
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Just as Windows or macOS provides the runtime environment for software, Flowith OS provides the environment for AI agents to think and act.
Not Chasing Trends, But Backing the People Who Create Them: From Jumei to ZhenFund, Yusen Dai Has Navigated Cycles and Stepped Into the AI Era
OpenAI Sora2 Drops, and the "AI Version of Douyin" Arrives | Yunqi Tech π
AI Video Generation Hits the Gas
A Collection of True Stories About AI and Humanity | The 72-Hour AI Survival Challenge
Maybe it'll make you rethink the relationship between humans and AI.
Unfortunately, Not a Single AI Companion Product Is Alive Right Now: A Conversation with Dengke Wang, Founder of "Duxiang"
Publishing hardware, the existential dread of AI, and a new story for Earth
From "No Competitors" to "Crashing Several Times a Day" | A Conversation with Zilliz Founder/CEO Charles Xie
"I've always believed that the world of technology needs idealism.
"We Have to Be Expensive First!" — Only a $200/Month Price Tag Can Validate True AI Market Demand | A Conversation with Zhenyu Guo: Founder/CEO of Sandwich Lab
Seeing the world and understanding it are two different things.
How Gensmo, Which Raised $60 Million in Its Seed Round, Uses AI to Make "Discovering Beauty and Creating Beauty" Simple
Let me enjoy the process of discovering beauty and creating it.
The AI World Too Anxious? Hear What This 71-Year-Old "Old Boy" Has to Say
Let's become the kind of people who can "whistle while they work"!
Beyond the Code: Do Liberal Arts Majors Still Have a Seat at the Table in the AI Era? | Yunqi Capital Tech Notes
Every way of thinking could connect to the future.
Yusen Dai of ZhenFund: From "No Need to Pay" to "Can't Live Without It," AI Is on Track to Shatter Humanity's Fastest Growth Records
The development of AI is a bit like boiling water — once it hits the boiling point, the arrival of the steam engine will spark a new industrial revolution.
Halfway through 2025: 9 AI Aha Moments That Stopped Me in My Tracks
Bobby, the First Investment Deal Agent, Goes Live — A Conversation with Vakee on Its Birth and Investment Opportunities in Everyday Life
From "Search for Me" to "Just Gaoding It for Me" | Deep-Dive Review of the Nami AI Super Search Agent
The end goal of search isn't more information — it's better answers.
Ten Thousand People "Sleep Together" with AI on Duxiang Every Night | A Conversation with Dengke Wang on AI Companionship Products and the Evolution of Startup Narratives
Stay relaxed and alert — that's the only way to do this startup right.
"Five Poisons in One," Using AI to Stoke Fights: He Says, Flaming Each Other Is Gen Alpha's New Social Entry Point | A Conversation with Cao Tong, Founder of Splat
Twenty Years of the Internet, and the Demand Still Waiting to Be Unlocked
Interview with Nooka's Kai Tang: A Post-'95 Generation Rewriting Kant with AI, How New Platforms Will Redefine Creators | 100 AI Creators
Whoever can define the new creator will build the next-generation content platform.
A Conversation with FateTell Founder Levy: AI Can Read Destiny, but Life Can't Be Fully Calculated | 100 AI Creators
"Standing in childhood and looking ahead, the future is uncertain; standing in old age and looking back, you can only discover a single path of fate."
Ten Thousand People Go to Sleep with AI on "Solo Echo" Every Night | A Conversation with Dengke Wang on AI Companionship Products and the Changing Startup Narrative
400 Million Users in Two Years: How Did StressWatch Do It? | Talking with Patrick About Opportunity Spotting Methodology, Detours, and App Factories
I'm a magician, a designer, and a product developer.
"After Putting Down the Hammer That Was Looking for Nails, We Made Our First Million Dollars" | A Conversation with Mootion Co-Founder Tong Chao on Product-Making, the AI Video Startup Landscape, and Going Global
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The Perils of Globalization for Chinese Companies
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On gain and loss.
Baichuan's First AI Application Investment: Building an Investment-Focused Xiaohongshu for Gen Z
When you can have an AI Warren Buffett watching the market for you.
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First-Hand Observations on Industry Dynamics, Product Moats, and Founder Traits
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AI in Silicon Valley: White-Hot and Boiling Over | A Conversation with Bob Xu and Yunfei, Founder of Beta University
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Haiper's Yishu Miao: Video Generation Is Still at the "GPT-2" Stage | 5Y View
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"Laplace" Developer Chunxiang Zhao: Create Like You're Writing a Novel — Create as in Creation, Not as in Startups
Face what you don't understand until you understand it.
All aboard! Crossing AI Research Fellow 24S
Let's go!
A Conversation with Chunxiang Zhao: How a Liberal Arts Major Built a Top-3 AI App
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Harry Wang: Where Are the Opportunities for Young People in the Coming Decade of AI?
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They broke up.
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Linear Capital's Harry Wang Bets Against the Grain
Is investing a game of guts?
MiniMax's Junjie Yan: Today's AI Apps Won't Become Super Apps, But That Doesn't Matter | Oasis Vitality
Counselor Vitality
Li Xiang x Li Feng: Behind the "May Day" Travel Data — The Long-Term Trends Easy to Overlook | Li Feng Column
Try looking at it from a different angle.
The Next Jay Chou: Human or AI? | A Conversation with the CEO of *Youci Mountain* and the GM of *Wajijiwa Music* on Suno
Music remains scarce — Suno is just a pretty little toy.
How Are Top Podcasters Doubling Their Creative Efficiency in the AI Era?
"The future is already here — it's just not evenly distributed."
How to Break Free from the Algorithm's Web and Live Without Anxiety? | A Conversation with Danny Xiao, Host of "Big and Small Horse Talk Tech" | Creators in the AI Era Ep02
Huadong Wang: Small Companies, Short-Lived Companies, VC, and the Young People of the Future
Venture capital won't disappear, but it will look very different.
"I want to do 0-to-1 things, to really drive some progress forward" | 5Y Tavern Vol. 13 x Tingting Technology's Chen Rui
Innovation never stops, and neither does the boundless joy of food or the preservation of culinary heritage.
Rhythm and Structure in Investing
"For the Way, reduce daily; discard the false, keep the true."
"You're only 36. You can be anyone you want to be."
Never stop moving forward.
The 6 Questions Young People Care About Most: We Asked 17 Founders | FreeS Fund Youth Festival & Graduation Season Special
Passion and conviction are what carry you through the darkness.
"This Is an Ordinary Day" | 2022 in Review
Don't summarize unless necessary.
Code Brain | Cracking Liu Genghong's Viral Formula
MaHui Entrepreneur | From One Universe to Another
Build metaverse worlds with ease.
Cloud Service Engine FORK AI Raises Tens of Millions of RMB in Pre-A Round | Led by Oasis Capital
Seizing the Key to Using Data to Enhance Customer Demand Insight
As Long as You Don't Lose the Domestic Race, You'll Win Globally | Li Feng's New Year Outlook on Consumption
7 Defining Factors That Will Shape the Consumer Market Over the Next Decade
How to Build Your Corporate Brand Strategy from 0 to 1 | FreeS Talk
"Different" beats "better."
5Y News | "Zansi" Raises Tens of Millions of RMB in Series B Funding, to Launch Vertical Brand "Wei Laodi" Following "Mr. Soup"
A bowl of soup, a cat, a restaurant management group.
Source Code Capital Portfolio Companies Visit Xiaohongshu: Building Brand Moats in Three Steps
Mind-First Seeding, Brand Win-Win
Is the Internet Destined to Have a Next New Platform? | FreeS Research
Will the new decade that began in 2021 be a better one for entrepreneurship?
FreeS Fund's Li Feng: Consumer Brands Go From 0 to 1 Easily, But 1 to 10 Is Hard | 10/31 Closed-Door Session Registration
When everyone's doing Douyin, Bilibili, livestreaming... what are the truly sustainable dividends?
How did Saturnbird surpass Nestlé and Starbucks to become No. 1 in the instant beverage category during 618? | Frees Fund — Learning from Investment
From 7-Eleven, Zhou Hei Ya, Three Squirrels, and Saturnbird: Understanding the Fundamentals of Consumer Goods Entrepreneurship
Where Does Live E-Commerce End? | Frees Fund
Live commerce is the outcome, not the goal.
The Three Stages of Development for New Consumer Brands | Source Code Capital Insights
Hit product — Product matrix — Brand
Topping Tmall's Double 11 Beauty Rankings, Perfect Diary Wants to Be the New L'Oréal for the Internet Era | A Gaorong Ventures Feature
Tmall Double 11's No. 1 Beauty Brand: The Journey and the Original Vision
Breaking Through for Early-Stage Brands: From Traffic Thinking to Content Thinking | Frees Fund
If all you do is generate exposure, consumers will forget about you just as easily.
Li Xiang × Li Feng: 200 Million New Urban Residents' Consumer Awakening — Who Will "Reap" the Rewards?
Taobao, JD.com, VIP.com, Pinduoduo, and China's Real Estate Sector
Understanding Li Dan Is the Key to Doing Business with Post-95 Consumers | Source Code Capital Insights
Insightful observations on interesting consumer phenomena, emerging consumer brands, and business models.
[Deep Dive] How Startups Can Ride Douyin's Traffic Wave | FreeS Fund Perspectives
Create content that machines can understand and users want to consume.
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