Recently, Beijing Caidui Information Technology Co., Ltd. (True Talents Connect, hereinafter referred to as "TTC") announced the completion of a Series A funding round reaching the tens of millions of USD level. This financing round was led by Houxue Capital, with strategic investment from Baidu. Previously, TTC's self-developed AI Agent product, "Xiaomai Recruitment," won the first prize in the third Baidu "Wenxin Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition; this latest investment marks a new phase of its official integration into the Baidu ecosystem. The proceeds from this round will be primarily used to strengthen R&D in large AI models and Agent technology, continuously upgrade the user experience of the "Xiaomai Recruitment" product, and deepen the construction of a specialized professional team for talent services in the AI and hard technology sectors. Since its inception, TTC has focused on the AI and frontier technology sectors, operating around an "AI + headhunting" model to provide key talent solutions for enterprises, dedicated to efficiently connecting talent with opportunities through technology (AI). Its core team possesses both a headhunting pedigree and AI technical vision: TTC's founder and CEO, Xiao Mafeng (Max), boasts 17 years of experience in the high-end headhunting industry and was involved in building a leading domestic mid-to-high-end headhunting brand; the co-founder and CTO, Ning Liaoyuan, brings a technical background from Microsoft (USA) and ByteDance, with long-term, deep expertise in AI architecture and model implementation, providing sustained support for the company's AI capabilities and productization. The year 2025 is regarded as TTC's AI元年 (AI Genesis Year). It launched its core product, "Xiaomai Recruitment," which deciphers the judgment logic and industry knowledge of top-tier headhunters into structured models, empowering an AI Agent to achieve intelligent upgrades across the entire job seeking and recruitment chain, making the vision of "everyone having a professional AI headhunting consultant" a possibility. Within just four months of its launch, the product has garnered several industry awards, including the Baidu "Wenxin Cup," QbitAI's "AI 100 Innovative Products," and the "Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition" from Chuangye Beijing. With the comprehensive implementation of AI capabilities in its business operations, TTC served over a thousand technology companies in the AI field and major industry leaders cumulatively in 2025, recommended candidates for tens of thousands of positions, and achieved a year-on-year revenue growth exceeding 50%, demonstrating strong business momentum. Houxue Capital Founding Partner, Hou Haoxiang (Roger), stated: "Our investment in TTC stems from a core conviction: in the AI era, talent is the ultimate infrastructure. What TTC does is help enterprises scientifically assemble and migrate key talent; through precise configuration and collaborative design, they enable different capabilities to resonate at the appropriate moment, generating a '1+1>11' creative synergy. What impressed us even more was the team's profound understanding of 'inspiring people'—they clearly recognize that top-tier talent service is a fusion of professional capability and the art of judgment, acting as a 'catalyst' that ignites talent potential. Simultaneously, Max and the team possess top-tier industry experience yet consistently maintain the humility and初心 (original intention) of entrepreneurs, which convinces us they can go further. For Houxue, this is also a significant strategic synergy. As an institution that also embraces an entrepreneurial mindset, we are optimistic about TTC's dual-track model of 'AI-empowered consultants' and 'platform-direct connections.' This is not only an innovation addressing the pain points of traditional recruitment but also provides a new entry point for us to jointly delve into the core demographic of the AI industry and continuously accumulate insights and resources. We look forward to journeying with such long-termists, collectively witnessing the transformation of AI talent services from a 'high-end configuration' to a 'cornerstone for enterprises in the AI era'." Baidu commented: "We have always believed that only when AI is internalized as a native capability can it truly trigger a productivity revolution across various industries. TTC is an outstanding practitioner of this philosophy in the human resources industry. As the first-prize winner of the third Baidu 'Wenxin Cup' Entrepreneurship Competition, 'Xiaomai Recruitment' does not simply use AI as a tool; instead, it reconstructs the professional service capabilities of top headhunters into a native AI Agent. This transforms efficient, precise talent matching from a 'high-end service' into a widely accessible intelligent foundation. Baidu's strategic investment and the opening of our ecosystem resources aim to join forces with TTC to accelerate the deep penetration of native AI capabilities in the human resources field. Together, we hope to convert the 'AI dividend' into a 'talent dividend' that supports the development of thousands of enterprises, and further, into a 'societal dividend'." In the future, TTC will continue to uphold its mission of "efficiently connecting talent with opportunities through technology (AI)," deepening the integration of AI technology and talent services to make every talent connection smarter, more precise, and more trustworthy.
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