Former Baidu Xiaodu CEO Jing Kun has made a strong return with his new company MainFunc and AI Agent search product Genspark, attracting industry attention. Genspark, an AI product designed to improve the search experience, has received US$10 million in seed round financing and is valued at US$260 million. Its outstanding performance in the Product Hunt community indicates its huge market potential. This article will provide an in-depth analysis of Genspark’s product positioning, technical features, and Jing Kun’s entrepreneurial history, and interpret its future development prospects in the field of AI search.
Shortly after leaving Baidu, Jing Kun, the former CEO of Xiaodu, once again broke into the public eye with his new project MainFunc and his first product Genspark. MainFunc, an AI innovative 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 entrance: https://top.aibase.com/tool/sparkpage
As soon as the Beta version of Genspark was launched, it quickly occupied the fourth position on today's new list in the Product Hunt community, showing its considerable market potential. MainFunc also recently announced the completion of a US$60 million seed round of financing, led by Singapore-based Lanchi Ventures. The company's valuation reached US$260 million, a figure that has achieved astonishing 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 becoming the starting point for a series of innovative AI-driven products. Comprised of veterans of Microsoft, Google and Baidu, the team currently has 20 members and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and Singapore, with plans to open a new office in Seattle.
Genspark, MainFunc's first product, is positioned as an AI Agent engine and focuses on providing search services. It generates customized pages called "Sparkpages" through professional AI Agents, which are free from bias and SEO-driven, providing users with comprehensive and credible information, thereby saving users' time. Genspark uses a variety of large models including Meta's LLaMA and OpenAI's GPT series to handle tasks.
At present, Genspark mainly targets the US market and provides services for free. It may consider launching a paid subscription model in the future. Jing Kun stated in a letter published in the Product Hunt community that the design concept of Genspark 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’s resume is impressive. After obtaining degrees from Wuhan University and Zhejiang University, he joined Microsoft China and joined Baidu in 2014, where he promoted the incubation and implementation of multiple innovative products. In 2018, he was appointed as the general manager of Baidu Smart Life Business Group, with overall responsibility for the products and operations of Xiaodu Assistant and Xiaodu series hardware. Under his leadership, Xiaodu Technology’s valuation soared by more than 75% in less than 3 years.
Now, Jing Kun is once again at the forefront of the AI search field with his new projects MainFunc and Genspark. We look forward to him continuing to lead the innovation and development of the industry.
The emergence of MainFunc and Genspark has injected new vitality into the field of AI search, and its future development is worth looking forward to. Jing Kun’s experience and team strength will become a solid guarantee for the company’s continued innovation. Let’s wait and see how Genspark changes the way we search in the future.