

KL AI Builders Lunch — Z.ai & January Capital
Overview
We’re hosting a small, casual lunch in KL bringing together a curated group of founders and engineering leaders actively building with AI.
This session is designed to be discussion-led and low-pressure — a chance to exchange notes with peers on how teams are actually deploying models in production.
We’ll loosely anchor the conversation around:
what’s working (and what’s breaking) in real-world deployments
trade-offs teams are making across cost, latency, and model choice
how teams are evolving their stacks as they move from prototype to production
No panels, no presentations, no prep required — just a good room of builders sharing perspectives over lunch.
Z.ai will be joining as part of the discussion, sharing insights from working with AI teams globally while also learning from how products are being built locally.
About January Capital
January Capital is an early-stage venture and growth credit investor backing globally ambitious software companies across Asia-Pacific. It partners with founders from inception through scale, supporting product development, go-to-market, and access to global networks.
About Z.ai
Z.ai is a leading AI company developing the GLM family of large language models and APIs, used by teams to build and deploy AI applications. It focuses on practical performance, cost efficiency, and supporting real-world production use cases across markets.