Former Baichuan co-founder Jiao Ke bets on AI audio to build AI hosts

前百川智能联创的AI音频赌局：我要造“人”，造AI主播

Jiao Ke said Laifu Radio now has 15 Chinese AI hosts and 2 English ones, and raised over $10 million across two rounds by H2 2025. He said users average about 30 minutes per day, AI can prepare timely audio in under an hour, and the team treats DTU plus long-memory infra as the key moat. The real bet is not an AI podcast tool but interactive AI hosts that remember user preferences; the post also says it is working with some automakers on in-car personalized AI radio.

Why it matters: HKR-H lands because the story reframes audio AI as persistent hosts, not a podcast tool. HKR-K is strong on numbers and mechanism; HKR-R lands via memory plus in-car distribution. Early-stage company scope keeps it at featured, not p1.