Recently, according to Interface News, Jiao Ke, co-founder of AI unicorn Baichuan Intelligent, has officially resigned, and another co-founder, Chen Weipeng, is also leaving, currently processing internal resignation procedures. This news has drawn widespread attention from the industry.
According to informed sources, Jiao Ke has launched a startup project in the AI voice field and is actively seeking funding. Although Chen Weipeng hasn't completed the resignation process, he has started preparing a startup plan in the AI coding field and has contacted several investors. As of press time, neither party has responded.
Baichuan Intelligent was founded in 2023 by Wang Xiaochuan, former CEO of Sogou. Jiao Ke and Chen Weipeng, as early core members, laid an important foundation for the company's development. The departure of these two co-founders may reflect the continued heating up of the AI industry's entrepreneurial boom. AI voice and AI coding, as currently hot sectors, are attracting significant attention from both talent and capital.
Industry insiders analyze that Jiao Ke and Chen Weipeng's entrepreneurial choices may be closely related to their accumulated technical experience at Baichuan Intelligent. The AI voice field has made breakthroughs in intelligent interaction and speech synthesis in recent years, while AI coding has attracted much attention due to improvements in code generation efficiency. Whether the two founders' new ventures can replicate the success of Baichuan Intelligent remains to be seen.
