AI Summer Night: WAIC 2026 AI Innovation Networking Night
About the Event
As the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) brings the global AI community to Shanghai, we are hosting a dedicated side event to foster genuine connections. This evening is designed for AI founders, investors, researchers, and innovators who want to step away from the formal conference halls and into a space of high-quality dialogue and relaxed networking.
Our theme is simple: Connect, Create, and Collaborate. In an era where AI is redefining productivity and creativity, we believe the most valuable breakthroughs happen through face-to-face interaction and the organic convergence of diverse minds.
What to Expect
Forget the rigid structure of traditional conferences. This is an evening of fluid, high-signal social networking. We are creating a "Free Style Mixer" environment—an intimate space where you can engage in deep conversations, explore cross-disciplinary partnerships, and meet the individuals shaping the next wave of AI-driven innovation.
Agenda
18:30 - 19:00 | Welcome & Warm-up: Arrival, check-in, and light ice-breaking in a relaxed atmosphere.
19:00 - 20:00 | Lightning Spotlight: A fast-paced segment where founders and innovators introduce their missions and resource needs. No long speeches—just direct, efficient communication to break the ice.
20:00 - 21:30 | Free Connection: Dedicated time for deep-dive discussions, resource matching, and building lasting professional relationships.
Featured Guests
Arvin | Co-Founder, Disbrief
Former Data Analyst at TikTok. Experienced in product design, international business development, and full-stack development. Multiple-time winner of global hackathons such as ETHGlobal and Base Batches.
Currently building Disbrief, a voice-first operating layer for the AI agent era. Through a standalone 4G voice device and agent orchestration system, Disbrief enables developers to define, dispatch, and manage AI-powered workflows anywhere, freeing human attention for higher-value work.
ARK Zifeng Zhang | Serial AI Entrepreneur
A serial AI entrepreneur operating across China and the U.S. With zero external funding, he has built his business to an annualized ARR of USD 300,000. He is mainly based between Shanghai and the Silicon Valley Bay Area.
Focuses on AI Agent automation workflows applied in e-commerce, foreign trade, and self-media/content businesses, helping traditional industry teams automate their business processes with AI. In the future, this will gradually expand into AI digital employees.
Develops AIGC short dramas and video ads: generating AI short dramas and comic-style series, AI product video advertisements, and AI digital human livestream/scripted spokesperson videos for IPs and brands.
Bo Zhang | Founder, Simplex AI
Former core AI Scientist at DeepSeek, where he contributed to the development of DeepSeek LLMs and led the DeepSeek-VL multimodal model initiative. Previously served as a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA).
Currently focused on building AI agents that solve real-world problems through lev8.com, advancing AI from impressive demos to practical productivity.
Peter Wei | Founder, Infimory.AI
Former member of Meituan's core NLP team, with experience spanning search systems, autonomous driving, robotics, and reinforcement learning.
Currently building Infimory.AI, focused on robot intelligence, physical-world understanding, and next-generation AI architectures beyond conventional LLMs.
Explores long-term memory and real-time interaction while investigating emerging paradigms such as continual learning for future intelligent systems.
Shuang Liu | Founder, Mizzen Insight
Vice Chair, Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence Industry Association
Postdoctoral Researcher in Artificial Intelligence, University of Cambridge
With extensive experience spanning both academia and entrepreneurship, Liu specializes in the integration of AI Agents and wearable technologies. Combining cutting-edge research expertise with hands-on startup experience, she is dedicated to translating frontier AI innovations into real-world commercial applications.
Xinyi Wang | Interdisciplinary Innovation Designer
Gen Z interdisciplinary innovation designer currently studying Art & Technology at the Future Design School of Beijing Normal University.
Founder of Jiligugu Creative Technology, Jiliguagua AI Hardware, and the jewelry brand Fushi.
Focuses on interdisciplinary innovation across brand identity, visual communication, digital art, product experience, interaction design, exhibition installations, and jewelry design.
Projects have received more than 50 domestic and international design awards, been exhibited eight times, and earned her recognition as a Rising Designer.
Yiran Wang | Co-founder, SmartHit
Graduate from University of Toronto (Honours B.A.) and Harvard GSD (M.Arch I).
After ten years of architectural practice, she co-founded SmartHit in 2025 with partner Xiao LU, focusing on sports technology.
Flagship product, SmartHit Tennis, is live on iOS—built with zero marketing, it spread organically through the tennis community and earned a loyal base of dedicated users.
As lifelong tennis players who deeply understand their users, the team developed their own core models and algorithms: using just a smartphone, SmartHit delivers 90%+ ball-tracking accuracy.
Yiran also creates generative art as one half of the duo 「Lucio+Damiao」.
Yutong Wang | Founder, UnDefined
UnDefined is a long-form interview platform for entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders.
Through deep conversations and decision-making retrospectives, it explores unconventional thinking, independent judgment, and the non-consensus ideas behind exceptional outcomes.
Former Senior Editor and Writer at 36Kr and LatePost, with over seven years of experience covering technology, startups, and business.
Has interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders, and authored dozens of articles with over one million views.
Yuanchen | Founder, Momentum
Focused on global AI product launches and growth, with 40+ overseas launch campaigns executed for AI startups. Average content performance exceeds 800K+ views per platform. Helped Blockit acquire 1,214 sign-ups within 6 hours of launch. Clients include leading AI startups across China and the U.S., including Y Combinator founders, with an average fundraising amount exceeding USD 3 million.
Through LucidEdge, specializes in AI product launch strategy and creative production, while Momentum focuses on full-funnel marketing and brand growth.
Entrepreneur and former Computer Science student at the National University of Singapore (NUS), with exchange studies at UCLA.
Zhichao Li | CTO, DeepLumen
As the creator of the Marketing-to-AI (M2AI) framework, DeepLumen is building the foundational protocols and infrastructure for the AI Agent era, enabling brands to adapt to a future where AI systems increasingly influence consumer decisions and transactions. Through AI-driven commerce automation and agent-native growth strategies, the company helps businesses strengthen their competitive edge in the emerging AI economy.
DeepLumen is backed by leading investors including Eastern Bell Capital, Tec-Do, and Kylinhall Partners.
Host
Lynn Huang
Founder of LynX Global and Ecosystem Partner of China's First One-Person Unicorn Entrepreneurship Community.
Former Investment Banker at a leading French bank in Hong Kong.
Graduate of Columbia Engineering and Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Antai College of Economics & Management.
Focused on technology-driven innovation, global connectivity, and empowering individuals to create value in a rapidly evolving world.
Ziwen You
Founder & CEO, Youzijiang Culture & Media
Family Office Partner; Head of Ziwen Family Office
Organizers & Partners
Organizer: LynX Global
LynX Global explores how AI is reshaping the way individuals create value, build influence, and connect with the world.
Through in-depth interviews, curated events, and strategic connections, we amplify founders, innovators, and independent builders, helping them unlock opportunities, access capital, and build meaningful global networks.
ZIWEN WEALTH
ZIWEN WEALTH is a premier family office partner team for HNW individuals. We focus on family asset structuring, trusts, legal & tax planning, and intergenerational wealth succession. Combining rationality with empathy, we accompany families on their journey from wealth creation to preservation.
Co-organizer: Zero Cube
"Zero Cube" is Lingang Group's key platform for attracting young talent, offering a "zero cost, zero starting point" model to support entrepreneurship.
Provides free office space, free apartment rental, focuses on 8 innovative sectors, and offers 8 supporting policies to help entrepreneurs start from zero.
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