Shortly after leaving Baidu, Jing Kun, the former Xiaodu CEO, took his new project MainFunc and its first productGenspark, once again entered the public eye. MainFunc, an AI innovation product company co-founded by Jing Kun and former Xiaodu CTO Zhu Kaihua, has launched their first AI Agent search product Genspark, aiming to bring users a better search experience through artificial intelligence technology.
Official website address: https://mainfunc.ai/
Search product entry: https://www.1ai.net/13578.html
As soon as the Beta version of Genspark was launched, it quickly took the fourth place on the Product Hunt community's Today's New List, showing its impressive market potential. MainFunc also recently announced the completion of a $60 million seed round of financing, led by Singapore's Lanchi Ventures, with the company's valuation reaching $260 million, a figure that achieved amazing growth in just 8 months.
Jing Kun's new company, MainFunc, is named after the "main function" in programming, symbolizing the company's positioning as a key player in the technology field and the starting point for a series of innovative AI-driven products. The team consists of senior people from Microsoft, Google and Baidu, and currently has 20 members. It is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and Singapore, and plans to open a new office in Seattle.
As MainFunc's first product, Genspark is positioned as an AI Agent engine that focuses on providing search services. It generates customized pages called "Sparkpages" through professional AI Agents. These pages are not affected by bias and SEO drive, providing users with comprehensive and reliable information, thus saving users' time. Genspark uses a variety of large models including Meta's LLaMA and OpenAI's GPT series to handle tasks.
Currently, Genspark is mainly targeting the US market and provides services for free. In the future, it may consider launching a paid subscription model. Jing Kun said in a letter published in the Product Hunt community that Genspark's design concept is to save users' time and provide better search results. They are still learning and improving, and look forward to user feedback and participation.
Jing Kun has an impressive resume. After obtaining degrees from Wuhan University and Zhejiang University, he joined Microsoft China and joined Baidu in 2014, promoting the incubation and implementation of multiple innovative products. In 2018, he was appointed General Manager of Baidu's Smart Life Business Group, fully responsible for the products and operations of Xiaodu Assistant and Xiaodu series hardware. Under his leadership, the valuation of Xiaodu Technology has skyrocketed by more than 75% in less than 3 years.
Now, Jing Kun, with his new projects MainFunc and Genspark, is once again at the forefront ofAI SearchWe look forward to him continuing to lead the innovation and development of the industry.