​Stripe × Eminence Bay Area Meetup

​What Makes a Fundable Global AI Company

​Product, Capital, and Revenue in the AI Era

​Building an AI company today is no longer a staged process.

​From day one, founders are tested on three fronts at once: product, capital, and monetization. This meetup brings together founders, investors, and infrastructure leaders to explore what it takes to build AI companies that are not only innovative, but also globally fundable and scalable.

​📅 Event Details

​Date
May 1, 2026

​Time
1:30 PM – 6:00 PM

​Audience
50 founders

​Language
Mandarin Chinese

​✨ What We’ll Cover

​1️⃣ Product
Where to start, how to scale, and what it takes to build a globally relevant AI company

​2️⃣ Capital
What top investors look for in AI companies that scale across markets

​3️⃣ Revenue
The infrastructure behind globally scalable AI companies

​🎤 Speakers

​Yexin Wang

​CEO · MagicLight AI
Founder & CEO of MagicLight AI. Previously at Tencent PCG AI, Google, and Microsoft, with deep experience in AI, machine perception, and video understanding.

​Wade Song

​Co-founder & COO · TEA AI
MIT graduate, serial entrepreneur, and operator with experience across startups and top-tier USD private equity. At TEA AI, Wade is building the next generation of daily health management assistant — starting from emotional wellness and using gamification to create a “Duolingo for personal health.” The company has completed two rounds of financing totaling over US$10 million.

​Ariel Lim

​Business Director, Greater China · Stripe
Sharing Stripe’s perspective on the infrastructure behind globally scalable AI companies.

​Simon He

​Partner · Eminence Ventures
Investor focused on Vertical AI, AIGC, productivity, and CRM. Has led deals including eSign, Typeless, and Viggle.

​💬 Panel Themes

• ​China-first or global-first?

• ​What makes an AI company truly fundable on a global basis?

• ​Where is the real moat now: product, distribution, or monetization infrastructure?

• ​When a Chinese AI company goes global, what breaks first?

​🕒 Agenda

​1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Check-in & Networking

​2:00 PM – 2:10 PM
Opening Remarks

​2:10 PM – 4:25 PM
Keynote Sessions

​4:25 PM – 5:10 PM
Panel Discussion

​5:10 PM – 5:30 PM
Q&A

​5:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Networking

​🎟 Registration

​Seats are limited to 50 curated founders.
Join us at Eminence Tea House for an afternoon of conversation on building the next generation of global AI companies.