Global AI Meetup: Build in Da Nang - Ship to the World by AI Builders Vietnam
From Vietnam to the World: Building Global Products Hosted by AI Builders Vietnam
Da Nang has quietly become one of Southeast Asia's most interesting bases for builders going after global markets. After hosting 15+ events and bringing together 1,000+ builders over the past six months, we're taking the community to Da Nang for the first time.
This meetup brings together four founders and operators who are building and selling globally — from Vietnam. A college dropout who hit $500K ARR in two years, a YC-backed CEO, a B2B infra builder with a distributed team across Vietnam, and a performance marketing strategist helping businesses convert through paid channels. Different paths, same question: how do you actually build world-class products from here?
Think: 100% Signal. Zero Corporate Fluff.
🗓 Agenda
Session 1 – Keynote: "From Zero to $500K ARR — The Distribution Playbook"
Sylvia (Thắm) Nguyen — Founder & CEO, MindPal
Sylvia is a 22-year-old self-taught software engineer who dropped out of college to build. She and her co-founder shipped 16+ products before MindPal — a no-code AI agent builder — hit $500K ARR in under two years. Started indie, now VC-backed with pre-seed funding.
She'll walk through how she got MindPal from a weekend prototype to $500K ARR — the specific channels that worked, the stuff that flopped, and why she went from bootstrapping to taking funding.
👉 Outcome: A real distribution playbook from someone who did it from Vietnam — not theory, not a textbook case study.
Session 2 – Panel: "From Vietnam to the World"
Panelists: Andy Nguyen (ByteRover), Mert Karakus (Oda Studio, YC-backed), Dean Hua (Sachi Studio)
Moderated by Minh Hoang
⚡ Join Andy, Mert, Sylvia, and Dean as they dissect the reality of scaling world-class products from Da Nang. Does location still matter in an AI-first world? What are the hidden unfair advantages of building here that Silicon Valley ignores? And what nearly killed their global ambitions? Raw stories, not generic advice.
We'll dive into the questions that actually matter:
"Does it actually matter that you're building from Vietnam — or is that just a feel-good story we like to tell?"
"What's your actual unfair advantage building from here — and what nearly killed your company?"
"What's the one piece of common startup advice you think is flat-out wrong?"
"How should builders in Vietnam position themselves and do outreach to global customers?"
"One concrete play someone in this room can steal and execute this month."
👉 Walk away with: Real playbooks on distribution, marketing, team building, and going global from Vietnam.
Session 3 – Audience Q&A + Networking
Open Q&A with all speakers, followed by networking and optional "office hours" with founders.
💡 Format: Meetup + Panel (3 hours)
🚀 Real Playbooks – From distribution → marketing → team building → global scale.
🤝 Networking – Connect with Da Nang's growing builder ecosystem.
📍 Danang Blockchain Hub – 381 Đ. Trần Hưng Đạo, An Hải Trung, Sơn Trà, Đà Nẵng
🗓 Saturday, March 7, 2026 | 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM (GMT+7)
— P.S. This is a builder-focused session. No motivational fluff—just founders sharing real numbers, real failures, and real playbooks.
P.P.S. We cap attendance to ensure quality—please RSVP early.
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Venue Partner
Solana Superteam Da Nang – Proudly hosting this meetup and supporting the local builder community.
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