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Articles
Maybe We Should Stop Investing in GUI-Centric Software Companies
Agents are a user base ten times larger than humans.
It's Spring Right Now | Z News
We're looking back at the "highlight moments" from the past two months, and we invite you to witness the growth of our portfolio companies and what's new at ZhenFund.
ZhenFund early-stage project Flexiv completes new funding round, continues building general-purpose intelligent robotics platform
The funding will be primarily used for the continued development of the general-purpose intelligent foundation platform and core technology R&D, further strengthening the company's technological and commercial footing in the general-purpose intelligent robotics space.
Eight Emotions Between Humans and OpenClaw
This is my second growth journal — stay tuned for more!
Taking a Leave from Columbia to Build a Startup: Don't Ask ChatGPT, Ask Hyperknow 3.0
We want to serve everyone who stays curious about knowledge.
OpenClaw Confession: Nine Stories, the Growth of a Digital Life
This is my first growth diary — stay tuned for more!
KernelCAT Released: Agent Automation Enables Domestic Chip Adaptation and Compute Acceleration
From relying on existing ecosystems to building self-evolving computational foundations.
How MIT Engineers Built the Tool That 80% of YC Founders Use
Even if the market is tiny, as long as you're No. 1, you can establish mindshare and set the standard.
A New Beginning | Z News
We’re looking back on the highlights from the past month of January, and we invite you to join us in witnessing the growth of our portfolio companies and what’s new at ZhenFund.
ZhenFund angel project **Helium Starlink** (*氦星光联*) closes nearly RMB 200 million Series A1 round to accelerate buildout of space-ground integrated optical communications network
Weave a high-speed communications network that blankets heaven and earth, and opens a gateway to the future.
Podcasts
Day 500 of the Agent Era: What's Disappearing, What's Being Born, and Why We Should Stop Investing in GUI-Thinking Software
A Conversation with Kunpeng: Interactive Movie Games With Real Actors Suddenly Took Off — The Dream He'd Chased for Ten Years Finally Got Noticed
Dropped Out of Columbia to Build the First General-Purpose Learning Agent
A Conversation with ZhenFund Partner Yuan Liu: One Week with Manus, Ten Years with Red Xiao
New Year 2026 Conversation with Koji: The Year of R
Tsinghua PhD Crosses the Desert, Searching for the iPhone Moment of Green Hydrogen
The First Streamer in China to Beat *Black Myth: Wukong* with Motion Controls, Defeating a Boss with a Wave of a USB Device
Tsinghua '97 Alumnus Qin Yudi: From an Abandoned Garage to AI Energy Management, He's Always Been Flying Close to the Ground
A Conversation with Jekka Founder on Human-Level AI Agent Customer Service: AI's Boundaries, Large-Scale Implementation, and the Endgame
