Kay Zhu, Founder of MainFunc

About Kay Zhu

Kay Zhu (also known as Kay Zhuhua) is a co-founder and the CTO of MainFunc, the startup behind the AI search engine Genspark. He previously served as a senior AI executive at Baidu, where he held leadership roles in AI product development. Zhu co-founded MainFunc in late 2023 with Eric Jing (formerly CEO of Xiaodu Technology and Baidu VP).

Kay Zhu at a glance

• Company: MainFunc
• Total raised: $435M
• Latest round: Series B
• Investors: BlueRun Ventures, Lanchi Ventures, Singaporean and US investor consortium
• Location: Palo Alto, California, USA

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