Xiaohongshu Acquires AI Itinerary Tool Yuanzhou Lvji

According to a report from TMTPost on October 30, 2026, Xiaohongshu (also known as RED or Little Red Book) has acquired the full ownership of Circle Trace (圆周旅迹), an AI-powered travel itinerary tool. The report says the deal is part of Xiaohongshu's broader push to move beyond text-and-image notes as the main way of carrying information. Instead, the platform intends to use AI to turn scattered user-generated content into structured, executable travel itineraries. The report frames the acquisition as a move to close the loop between discovering something worth visiting—the so-called seeding stage—and actually planning the trip. No further details on deal terms, leadership changes, or product integration were provided in the report, and no subsequent updates have been published. As of now, the story appears to stand on a single report, and it is unclear when the acquisition was first announced or confirmed by either side. No comments from Xiaohongshu or Circle Trace have been made publicly available.