Jan 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

• One prompt. One live app. Taskade Genesis turns ideas into living systems that run themselves. Not code. Not mockups. Real apps with memory, intelligence, and motion.
• Taskade's Workspace DNA:
• 1. Projects remember.
• 2. Agents think.
• 3. Flows run.
• Others generate code you deploy yourself.
• We generate fully connected systems.
• Live and running, growing, learning.
• Started Taskade at YC S19 as a real-time collaboration tool, a unified workspace for distributed teams. Then AI. Then came AI productivity. Then agents. Then workflow automation. Then the workspace stopped feeling like a tool. It started feeling alive.
• What we shipped:
• → Taskade Genesis engine: prompt to living app
• → AI agents connected to your data
• → Automation flows across 100+ services
• → Real-time collaboration with OT sync
• → Custom domains, auth, publishing in one click
• 100,000+ apps generated.
• 3M+ automations running.
• 1M+ users and taskaders.
• Taskade Genesis is for builders who move before they're given permission.
• Founders with ideas but no engineering team.
• Operators spinning 15 plates.
• Outsiders who showed up anyway.
• The gap between idea and a working business is now a single prompt.
• One prompt. One app. One living workspace.
• Imagine it. Build it. Run it live.
• Build without permission.
• taskade.com/genesis

Nov 2015 – Mar 2016 · 4 mos

Jun 2013 – Oct 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater New York City Area

• MeowChat (Acquired by Razer Inc.) is a social discovery platform on iOS and Android with over 25 millions installs and users around the world. The app connects users with penpals and made it fun to chat and meet new friends. MeowChat reached #1 App Store ranking in over 20 countries.
• http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/11/05/messaging-app-meowchat-hunts-down-8-million-on-prowl-for-more/

Oct 2010 – Oct 2015 · 5 yrs · Greater New York City Area

• Minus is a minimalist photo sharing platform that simplified the way users share files to just drag-n-drop and sharing a link. Minus sets itself apart with its simplicity and dedicated apps for nearly every platform (Win, Mac, Chrome, iOS, Android) in addition to the browser accessible web app.
• Minus has been featured in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Mashable, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, PCWorld, Mirror, CNET, Yahoo, Independent, TheNextWeb, Fortune Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine and more.
• https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/02/minus-raises-1-million-from-idg-capital-to-simplify-file-sharing/
• https://techcrunch.com/2010/11/23/minus/
• http://lifehacker.com/5833186/minus-is-a-drag-and-drop-file-sharing-service
• https://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/11/03/try-this-minus-wonderfully-minimalist-drag-and-drop-photo-sharing/
• https://www.wsj.com/video/minus-image-gallery-sharing-service-demo/2C9E08B4-A180-4FD7-A6C2-3CCBFEC4ED5B.html

Apr 2003 – Dec 2012 · 9 yrs 8 mos · Greater New York City Area

• John Xie is the founder and CEO of Cirtex Corp, a leading web hosting service provider hosting more than 100,000 websites internationally, specializing in video and social media hosting solutions. Cirtex Corp has flourished in a hyper-competitive, commoditized industry by delivering affordable, scalable and professional web hosting solutions that meet the needs of a variety of clientele.
• As one of the first web hosting providers to develop an all-in-one web hosting solution for online video sharing websites, Cirtex Corp enables new clients to sign up and have a website online within minutes – whether it’s a video sharing website, online gallery, social media website, blog, social networking website, or an online business presence. Brands under Cirtex Corp included www.hostv.com and cirtexhosting.com.
• Cirtex Corp has been featured in Bloomberg, INC Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, BusinessWeek and more.
• Notable clients included Dota Allstars, Garry's Mod, phpBB, and more.
• https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/222646