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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CEO.\n\nChi Zhang is co-founder and CEO of Kite AI, which builds payment and identity infrastructure for AI agents. She led data engineering product development at Databricks and was a founding AI lead at dotData, an automated machine learning platform. She holds a PhD in statistics from UC Berkeley.\n\n- X: https://x.com/ChiZhangData\n\n## What Chi builds\n\n- [Kite Agent Passport](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kite-agent-passport.md), graded D, 51.5/100, in Agent wallets \u0026 spending controls. Kite Agent Passport gives an AI agent a funded USDC wallet and an identity, with spending sessions a person approves by passkey. Agents use it through the kpass CLI and a skills bundle to pay x402 and MPP services. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Scott Shi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-shi/), Co-founder and CTO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [PayPal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/paypal/)\n- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)\n- [8VC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/8vc/)\n- [Samsung](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/samsung/)\n- [Alumni Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alumni-ventures/)\n- [SBI US Gateway Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sbi-us-gateway-fund/)\n- [Vertex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vertex/)\n- [Dispersion Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dispersion-capital/)\n- [Avalanche Foundation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/avalanche-foundation/)\n- [GSR Markets](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gsr-markets/)\n- [LayerZero](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/layerzero/)\n- [Hashed](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hashed/)\n- [HashKey Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hashkey-capital/)\n- [Animoca Brands](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/animoca-brands/)\n- [Essence VC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/essence-vc/)\n- [Alchemy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alchemy/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Chi Zhang?\n\nChi Zhang is co-founder and CEO of Kite AI, which builds payment and identity infrastructure for AI agents. She led data engineering product development at Databricks and was a founding AI lead at dotData, an automated machine learning platform. She holds a PhD in statistics from UC Berkeley.\n\n### What does Kite AI make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Kite Agent Passport from Kite AI. Kite Agent Passport gives an AI agent a funded USDC wallet and an identity, with spending sessions a person approves by passkey. Agents use it through the kpass CLI and a skills bundle to pay x402 and MPP services.\n\n### Who has invested in Kite AI?\n\nThe sources our research read name PayPal, General Catalyst, 8VC, Samsung, Alumni Ventures, SBI US Gateway Fund, Vertex, Dispersion Capital, Avalanche Foundation, GSR Markets, LayerZero, Hashed, HashKey Capital, Animoca Brands, Essence VC and Alchemy.\n\n### How are Chi's tools graded?\n\nKite Agent Passport is graded D, 51.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://gokite.ai\n- https://agentpassport.ai\n- https://x.com/scottshics\n- https://www.google.com/search?q=Kite+AI+Chi+Zhang+X\n- https://gokite.ai/about-company\n- https://x.com/ChiZhangData\n- https://gokite.ai/\n- https://discord.com/invite/gokiteai\n- https://kiteai.typeform.com/kpass-feedback\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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