Alex Xi

Work

I lead AI & Engineering at Kaon. We're building the next generation AI Native content platform.

Past work: Sieve, Hive, and Amazon.

Writing

• Model-Centric Design Is the Only Way for AI-Native Products to Succeed
• How Startups Should Read the Bitter Lesson

Selected press

• Emochi in the Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Appsa16z · October 2026
• Kaon AI raises $60 million to build a personalized story engineVariety · July 2026
• FlowGPT is the Wild West of GenAI appsTechCrunch · February 2024
• Leading an AI Startup: Chat with Alex XiGoodwater Engineering · February 2024