# Jina AI

Jina AI was founded in 2020/2, with Yunqi Capital as its first institutional investor and sole seed-round investor. It has raised close to ten million US dollars in total. Its founder, Dr. Xiao Han, was previously known for developing next-generation search infrastructure for Tencent's messaging app WeChat and worked in Tencent's Open Source Program Office, fostering its open-source and DevOps culture. In 2019, he served on the board of the Linux AI Foundation. He is also founder and chairman of the German-Chinese AI Association.

Jina AI was founded in 2020/2, with Yunqi Capital as its first institutional investor and sole seed-round investor. It has raised close to ten million US dollars in total. Its founder, Dr. Xiao Han, was previously known for developing next-generation search infrastructure for Tencent's messaging app WeChat and worked in Tencent's Open Source Program Office, fostering its open-source and DevOps culture. In 2019, he served on the board of the Linux AI Foundation. He is also founder and chairman of the German-Chinese AI Association.

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