Xiaoyin Qu

Founder, Run The World

Search every verified Xiaoyin Qu interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Xiaoyin Qu, founder of HeyBoss AI, announced in early April 2025 that she stepped down as CEO of the company and appointed an artificial intelligence system named Astra as the new CEO. Qu described Astra as the "world's first AI CEO" and stated that she remains on the board and handles tasks like compliance, effectively working under an AI boss. She said the company has several AI employees and that Astra manages multiple AI agents, handles customer interactions in various languages, and synthesizes customer data to inform product development. Qu noted that "AI can work 24/7" and "speak 30 plus languages." Qu has been discussing the implications of AI for business and employment. She argued that AI will not make everyone a developer but will instead make everyone a founder, stating that "even if you have a perfect product, no one's going to buy it" and that the real challenge is marketing and sales. She also discussed the shift in value from technical skills to taste and judgment, saying that when it comes to product decisions, "AI can make some judgment call but we tend to trust more human on those gut decisions." Qu previously founded Run the World, a virtual events platform that gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic, and sold the company after the pandemic subsided. She is a former senior product manager at Facebook and Instagram and dropped out of Stanford's MBA program to start her first company.