# Kai Cheng

> Kai Cheng is the Co-Founder and CEO of Creao AI, an AI-native app builder that lets anyone turn a plain-language conversation into a fully autonomous, self-running application. After a decade deploying production AI systems for more than 250 enterprise clients, he co-founded Creao in late 2024 with a conviction that the AI productivity revolution hasn't started until humans stop being the ones clicking 'run.' The platform hit 200,000 users organically in under a year, raised $25 million across three rounds, and runs its own internal operations - marketing, SEO, content - on the product itself.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Creao AI
- **Organizations:** Creao AI
- **Education:** Master of Arts, Statistics, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Grew Creao AI to 200,000 users in under a year with zero paid marketing, Raised $25 million across three funding rounds in under one year, Deployed production AI systems for 250+ enterprise clients over a decade

## Career timeline

- **2013-2015** — Master of Arts in Statistics, Columbia University
- **2015-2024** — Built production AI systems for over 250 enterprise clients across a decade
- **2024** — Co-founded Creao AI, focused on building AI-native agentic app infrastructure
- **2025-07** — CREAO AI completed multi-million-dollar seed and Pre-A rounds led by Yunqi and Monolith; investors included GL Ventures, HongShan, Hua Capital
- **2025-09** — Creao AI platform launched commercially; organic user growth began
- **2026-04** — CREAO AI raised $10M led by Prosperity7 Ventures, bringing total funding to $25M; platform at 200,000+ users

## Achievements

- Grew Creao AI to 200,000 users in under a year with zero paid marketing
- Raised $25 million across three funding rounds in under one year
- Deployed production AI systems for 250+ enterprise clients over a decade
- Built a 22-person team operating at the output capacity of teams several times larger using their own product
- Attracted Prosperity7 Ventures (Aramco's $3B fund) as lead investor in April 2026
- Rebuilt company codebase so that 99% of production code is written by AI agents

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Creao AI raised $10M led by Prosperity7 Ventures, bringing total funding to $25M across three rounds in under one year
- **2026-04** — Platform surpassed 200,000 users entirely through organic adoption since September 2025 launch
- **2025-09** — Creao AI platform launched commercially
- **2025-07** — Completed seed and Pre-A funding rounds totaling $15M with investors including Yunqi, Monolith, GL Ventures, HongShan, Hua Capital

## Links

- Website: https://creao.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kai-cheng-68b28ba6/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Kai900607

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Last updated: 2026-05-13