AI Salon - Singapore Chapter Launch
AI Salon is the global community bringing together AI founders and builders, investors, and partners to connect and collaborate. Decentralized, chapter-based, with 77 chapters across 40+ countries.
Now, AI Salon comes to Singapore — and you’re invited to help build it from the ground up. Be part of the inaugural moment as Singapore joins the global AI Salon community and come meet the builders, backers and thinkers transforming AI in Singapore!
Are we in an AI bubble? Jon Sugihara shares his perspectives and insights from working with global companies on building AI and GenAI products and what you can do as a founder or investor to cut through the hype.
Meet the real Builders in AI on a global mission to build a better world through AI. From partnering with global brands to change how businesses operate, to supporting millions of users to adopt AI in their daily lives, ChatandBuild, Trace and WonderChat are already seeing global traction. Built in Singapore, for the world.
AI is moving faster than any technology wave before it — reshaping how products are built, how capital is deployed, and how companies scale. Our panel on AI Today, Tomorrow, and Tactics brings together global voices from across Silicon Valley to Asia to unpack where the real momentum is, what’s the opportunity, and what’s next:
How AI founders can find real commercial traction amid the hype
What differentiates successful AI startups in the U.S. versus Asia.
What lens do VCs use to study and analyse AI startups
The evolving playbook of blitzscaling in the modern age.
Tactical lessons for founders who are building the next generation of AI startups.
Agenda
2:30 pm – Doors open - Registration and light bites
3:00 pm – Welcome Address and AI Salon Chapter Launch
3:30 pm – Keynote: Is There An AI Bubble?
Jon Sugihara, Partner & Director - Product, BCGDV
3:45 pm - Growing AI Startups Beyond Borders
Gladys Yuen, Startups and VCs Partnerships, Airwallex
3:50 pm – AI Builders Sharing
Christel Buchanan, Founder, ChatAndBuild
Nicholas Cheng, Founder, Trace
Vera Sun, Founder, Wonderchat
4:20 pm – AI Agents for Productivity
Marcus Cheu, Ambassador, Notion
4:30 pm - Panel: AI Today, Tomorrow, and Tactics
Chris Yeh, Co-author of Blitzscaling
Jeffrey Abbott, Founder, AI Salon
Moderated by Durwin Ho, Managing Partner, StartupX
5:00 pm – Wrap up + Networking
5:30 pm – End
Meet the Speakers
Chris Yeh, Co-author of Blitzscaling
Christel Buchanan, Founder, ChatAndBuild
Durwin Ho, Managing Partner, StartupX
Gladys Yuen, Startups and VCs Partnerships, Airwallex
Jeffrey Abbott, Founder, AI Salon
Jon Sugihara, Partner & Director - Product, BCGDV
Marcus Cheu, Ambassador, Notion
Nicholas Cheng, Founder, Trace
Vera Sun, Founder, Wonderchat
Meet the Partners
AI Salon is the global community bringing together AI founders and builders, investors, and partners to connect and collaborate. We are starting new chapters in every city so join us to build the largest Global AI community.
StartupX is a global innovation partner for those building what’s next. We collaborate with corporates, governments, and startups to launch ventures, scale businesses, and drive bold transformation. Since 2018, we’ve supported startups from 110+ countries and partnered with some of the world’s most forward-thinking companies. Founded by entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders, we built StartupX to challenge the status quo of how innovation gets done in Asia.
Blitzscaling Ventures backs founders who aim to win at scale. Rooted in the principles of Blitzscaling (the book), the firm invests in startups that can outgrow competition rapidly and build enduring leadership in “winner-take-most” markets.
Combining Airwallex’s global financial infrastructure with startup-friendly perks and founder-focused resources, Airwallex for Startups is a dedicated program designed to help globally ambitious, early stage teams extend their runway, impress investors and move faster without wasting capital.
Notion is the AI workspace where teams and AI agents get more done together - combining note-taking, project management, and knowledge management in a flexible, customisable environment.
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