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Co-Founder & CEO, Thunderbit

Shuai
Guan.

Today a founder. Before that, a product manager. And in my free time, a photographer.

I turn the messy open web into clean, structured data AI agents can rely on. 200,000+ users extract tens of millions of pages every month — now open to developers via API, MCP server & CLI.

200K+

users across sales, ecommerce, research & ops

10s of M/mo

pages extracted every month

3 ways

for developers: API · MCP server · CLI

▲#1 Product of the Week · Product Hunt

Trusted by teams at

HarvardMITAdidasBCGGrammarlyAccenturePuma

FOUNDER Since 2024

Co-Founder & CEO · AI web data platform

Thunderbit turns messy, ever-changing websites into clean, structured data that AI agents and pipelines can rely on. It started as a no-code AI web scraper and is now open to developers through a Web Data API, MCP server & CLI.

Distill — HTML → Markdown Extract — schema'd JSON/CSV Web Data API MCP server CLI

4.2★ Chrome Web Store185 ratings · 200K users #1 Product HuntProduct of the Week 4.1★ G26 reviews 4.7★ GetApp7 reviews 4.7★ Capterra7 reviews

PRODUCT MANAGER Earlier

Jet.com → Walmart↗

Product Manager

Marc Lore's e-commerce startup, built around dynamic, cart-based pricing. Walmart acquired it for ~$3.3B in 2016 to scale its online business.

Horizon Robotics↗

Product Lead

A Chinese AI-chip company building energy-efficient processors for smart vehicles; its Journey series powers ADAS and autonomous driving at scale.

Automation Anywhere↗

Product Manager

A leader in Robotic Process Automation — AI-powered software bots that automate repetitive, rules-based work across the enterprise.

EDUCATION

University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Industrial & Operations Engineering, B.S.E.

2014

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Thinking out loud

Blog.

Working notes and analyses — on AI, web data, and whatever I’m currently taking apart. Not polished essays.

First posts landing soon.

Off the clock

Gallery.

A running set of frames — street, travel, and film. Shot between builds.

See the full archive on Tuchong ↗

Sunlit granite cliff above a snowy meadow — Winter Valley Light

Aerial 08

A smoke-shrouded city skyline from above — Orange Sky Day

A lone swimmer on dark open water — Adrift In Darkness

A waterfront city skyline at dusk — City At Golden Hour

The Shanghai skyline and Oriental Pearl Tower in haze — Pearl In The Haze

Shanghai high-rises seen from above in fog — Towers In Fog

Lower Manhattan seen through observation-deck mesh — Grid Behind Glass

A high view over Chicago toward the lake — Chicago From Above

A smoking chimney amid a sprawling city from above — Smokestack City

Landscape 15

A couple under a tree at sunset — Evening By The Lake

A child running across a tidal flat — Small Against The Storm

A lone swing in a flooded lake — Swing On Water

A vulture perched on bare branches — Lone Sentinel

Three giraffes on the savanna — Savanna Trio

A fly fisher standing in a lake — The Lone Angler

A red rose on the beach beside a pier — Rose At Low Tide

Sunlit red sandstone cliffs against a deep blue sky — Sunlit Sandstone

Silky water rushing between boulders in a green river — Silk Over Stone

The Colorado River curving around Horseshoe Bend at sunrise — Horseshoe Bend

The sandstone buttes of Monument Valley under blue sky — Desert Monuments

A sweeping view across the Grand Canyon — Canyon Expanse

Dawn light over the Grand Canyon with a bare tree — Canyon Dawn

A surfer crossing a sunlit beach into the glare — Into The Light

A woman on a boardwalk bench watching the sea at dawn — Boardwalk Morning

Street 21

A lone walker in a snowstorm — Snowbound Skyline

A woman facing the Flatiron building — Flatiron Afternoon

Diners seen through a cafe window — Bar And Burger

A man walking along a pier ledge — Walking The Edge

A man at a tourism information booth — Grand Central Information

A costumed mannequin in a shop window — Liberty Winter Sale

An old man with a cane — Elder At Square

A vintage payphone in a booth — Push For Coin

An alley reflected in a shop window — Window Reflections

Workers loading brush onto a cart — Roadside Labor

A vintage theater marquee — A Taste Of Paradise

Autumn sunlight through trees — Backlit Autumn

Two budgies in a backlit birdcage — Caged Pair

A woman in a sun hat reading in a city park — Park Reader

A street clock blurred in motion — Time In Motion

A newspaper box on a sunny city street corner — Corner Headlines

Patrons at a warmly lit wood-paneled bar — Warm Light Bar

A Superman figure and street reflections in a shop window — Superman Window

An older man sitting alone in a cafe window — Table For One

A street sweeper standing at an empty crosswalk — The Sweeper

A toddler in overalls and a straw hat on a city street — Little Explorer

Travel 16

A robed boy with a walking stick — The Herder

A pair of zebras nuzzling — Two Of A Kind

A boardwalk toward a skyline at sunset — Pier At Golden Hour

A seagull flying over a harbor — Harbor Takeoff

A colorful market stall vendor — Wool Tassel Market

A packed stadium crowd — Stadium Roar

Tropical blossoms beside a road sign — Private Road

A row of carved idol figurines at a market stall — Market Idols

Birds over a distant city skyline across the water — Skyline And Gulls

Route 66 memorabilia crowding a souvenir shop window — Route 66 Relics

The Golden Gate Bridge at sunset — Golden Gate Glow

The Lower Manhattan skyline under streaked clouds — Wide Sky Skyline

A sealed latch on a red Forbidden City door — Sealed Gate

A memorial statue before a misty skyline — Monument In Mist

A red paper lantern outside a Japanese restaurant — Tempura Lantern

A warmly lit traditional Japanese entryway — Warm Threshold

Architecture 11

A spiral staircase seen from above — Golden Spiral

A foggy skyline through a wet window — Skyline In Mist

A figure under a curved timber atrium — Under The Canopy

The Washington Monument beyond a curving stone wall — Obelisk Beyond

A church steeple before the Empire State Building — Steeple And Tower

A bronze statue beneath a skyscraper at Rockefeller Center — Atlas Below

A steel memorial corridor framing the Manhattan skyline — Empty Sky

The Cloud Gate sculpture reflecting the Chicago skyline — Cloud Gate

A soft-focus city skyline in black and white — Soft Skyline

A white colonial house on an autumn lawn — Autumn Estate

A figure silhouetted in a glass office lobby — Glass Lobby

Portrait 14

A woman in a floral dress in soft light — Light Through The Gate

A smiling woman on a street — Laughing In Lane

A tabby cat by a sunlit doorway — Shop Cat

A couple silhouetted before a projection — Two In Shadow

A smiling woman in a plaza — Golden Hour Smile

A woman smiling between red banners in a hutong — Between The Banners

Shadow Profile

An orange and white cat sitting on a sidewalk — Sidewalk Cat

A smiling woman glancing back on a night-market street — Night Market Smile

A smiling woman on a train platform — Platform Smile

A young man on a stone bench among autumn trees — Autumn Reverie

A woman in a fur-collared coat in warm winter light — Fur Collar

A woman seated under a pine tree in a park — Under The Pine

A woman with a red umbrella resting against a red wall — Red Wall

Night 11

Fireworks over a castle and crowd — Castle Finale

A blurred night crosswalk and skyline — City Lights Bokeh

Neon billboards and light trails in Times Square at night — Times Square Rush

Light trails streaking across a bridge at night — Bridge Trails

Streaking light lines inside a tunnel in motion — Tunnel Speed

A hand holding a phone up to Times Square at night — Screen In Screen

A lit walk signal against a night skyline — Walk Signal

Star trails wheeling over beach loungers at night — Star Trails

City lights blurred behind a rain-streaked window — Rain On Glass

A glowing fountain abstracted behind water-flecked glass — Blue Bloom

A dreamlike violet blur of a city street — Violet Drift

Film 03

A magnolia blossom resting on a bench — Spring On The Bench

Blossom shadows cast on a fence — Shadow Play

Cherry blossoms against a clear sky — Blossoms Against Blue