Xiaoyu Wang

Xiaoyu Wang (王小雨) is the founder and CEO of Castbox, a podcast app that expanded into overseas mobile markets and at one point reached 30 million registered users, ranking first among third-party podcast products . A Peking University psychology graduate and former Google engineer with years of development experience, she led Castbox through a difficult transition after 2018 when Spotify entered the podcast market, eventually pivoting the company to a matrix-style product strategy spanning entertainment-related products and more than 50 products total . As of 2024, Wang and her team have also launched several AI-native products, and she has spoken publicly about founder mindset and the challenges of building AI products in an internet environment . She is a ZhenFund portfolio founder and has contributed recommendations to their publications, including on Paul Graham's "Founder Mode" essay .