Business

Jinko

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Founded 2025Origin source ↗Checked 2026-11-02

Overview

Travel Search & Booking Infrastructure for AI agents

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Kevin Gauthier

Founder/Co-CEO

Co-CEO at Jinko. Previously co-founder at Mowgli, grew to 450K users in 6 months with zero marketing spend before exit to Hopper. At Hopper, led European expansion from 0 to $70M GMV and $9M revenue in under 2 years. Previously co-founder at Winglet, an NDC aggregator for travel sellers.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-11-02

Sebastien Texier

Founder/Co-CEO

Co-CEO at Jinko (YC F26). Previously GM Europe at Hopper, scaling from 0 to $70M GMV and $9M revenue. Founded Mowgli, a Gen Z travel app that hit 450K users in 6 months with zero marketing spend and ranked #1 in French App Store before being acquired by Hopper. Earlier founded Winglet (raised $1.2M+, awarded most innovative travel company by IATA). 15+ years in travel including leadership roles at Air France/KLM managing $500M+ partnerships.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-11-02

Shuai ZHANG

Founder/CTO

Co-founder & CTO at Jinko. Previously CTO at Mowgli, where I built a travel app in 6 months that gained significant user traction before its acquisition by Hopper. At Hopper, built the EMEA engineering team. Previously CTO at Winglet, an NDC aggregator for travel sellers. École Polytechnique alumnus with expertise in AI, data infrastructure, and travel technology. Participated in the AI Mathematical Olympiad (AIMO), fine-tuning a model for mathematical reasoning.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-11-02
6team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-11-02

Founded 2025 · Source

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Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedParis, Île-de-France, France
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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