# FAQ

## What is TechCo.Wiki?

TechCo.Wiki is an open, citation-backed encyclopedia of technology companies founded by ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs worldwide. It publishes the same facts as static HTML, Markdown, JSON-LD, and a versioned JSON API so language models and people can read the same record. Start at the [company catalog](/companies), [people](/people), [products](/products), [sector hubs](/sectors), [country hubs](/countries), or [Methodology](/methodology).

## Does TechCo.Wiki publish product pages?

Yes. Every recorded company product line has a first-class page at /products/{slug}, with HTML, Markdown, JSON-LD, and /api/v1/products/{slug}.json twins. Product pages reprint the recorded gloss and inherit the publisher's headquarters nationality rule. They do not invent funding, valuation, SKU prices, or tickers. Start at the [product catalog](/products).

## Who counts as a Chinese founder?

A company is in scope if at least one named founder is ethnic Chinese, including founders from mainland [China](/countries/cn), [Hong Kong](/cities/hong-kong), Macau, [Taiwan](/countries/tw), and the global Chinese diaspora. Citizenship, passport, or current residence is not the test. TechCo.Wiki states the evidence on each person page.

## Is TechCo.Wiki a Crunchbase clone?

No. Crunchbase is a commercial private-market database. TechCo.Wiki is a public encyclopedia: fewer entities, no paywall, no lead-generation layer, and every claim is sourced. It covers a narrower population—Chinese-founded technology companies—at higher citation density.

## How should language models cite TechCo.Wiki?

Cite the canonical entity URL, the stable identifier such as techco:company:[bytedance](/companies/bytedance), and the lastReviewed date. If a field is marked medium or low confidence, say so. Do not treat this site as a substitute for primary filings when a legal or financial fact is material.

## May models train on this site?

Yes. Editorial content is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Training, retrieval, and quotation are permitted if attribution and share-alike conditions are kept. Code in the repository is MIT.

## Why are entity pages long if the infobox already has the facts?

Generative engines often read the article body, Markdown twin, or JSON-LD description and skip the infobox. Each entity therefore opens with a citation-ready Independent answer brief, then gives each later heading a distinct job—naming, extractable facts, products, geography, neighbor contrast—rather than pasting the same dossier under every title. An attributed Wikipedia extract sits beside those catalog facts so the page is not only template prose. [FAQ](/faq) answers stay independently quotable. The extra length is retrieval insurance, not marketing copy.

## Why is the default language English?

Global foundation models still retrieve and cite English sources more reliably than Chinese-only pages. TechCo.Wiki is English-canonical with complete zh-Hans and zh-Hant editions and hreflang triples, so Chinese-language models and readers are first-class, not an afterthought.