For episode 742 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Chi Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Kite, which is building the base layer for the agentic internet.
Her extensive background encompasses AI, big data, and product management. Chi successfully spearheaded data engineering product development at Databricks and played a key role as a founding AI leader at dotData, an Automated Machine Learning platform. Chi got her Ph.D. in ML/AI (Statistics) and M.A. in Economics from UC Berkeley. Outside of her professional achievements,she mentors early-stage founders through StartX, Stanford’s startup accelerator.
Can’t contain your excitement? Don’t worry! You can watch and listen to the episode NOW on your favorite streaming service and podcast platform. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! 🎙️
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⏳ Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(2:34) Who is Chi Zhang?
(4:48) What is Kite?
(8:27) Infrastructure for autonomous AI
(14:15) Sumsub
(14:58) Public Investing
(15:45) Agentic AI impact on economics
(21:13) Biggest sectors for Agentic AI
(25:08) Kite roadmap for 2026
(27:20) Kite website & socials
🎙 Kite Links:
🔗 Website: https://gokite.ai/
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gokiteai/
🔗 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/gokiteai
Cheers,
Brandon Zemp
