Witness the "Leap" in action across the globe
Deep observations from the frontlines of AI in Silicon Valley and China
At the AI Native Enterprise Conference, Founders Space founder Steve Hoffman explained why companies should stop chasing tools and start with back-office workflows, AI leadership, automation infrastructure, feedback loops, and compounding assets.
At the AI Native Enterprise Conference, Lincoln Wang, founder of MindsLeap and CEO of Founders Space China, explained why traditional companies must repay three forms of debt: cognitive debt, technical debt, and organizational debt, before they can become truly AI-native.
At the AI Native Enterprise Conference, former Plug and Play SVP and Stanford entrepreneurship mentor Jeff Qian shared a Silicon Valley investor's view of AI-native companies: AI is not simply replacing jobs, but reshaping functions, productivity, data loops, and organizational collaboration.
At the AI Native Enterprise Conference, Cui Jian, president of Xianyuan Group, argued that an AI-native organization is not the starting point but the result. Companies must first find new AI-enabled value, then upgrade the business model and organizational structure around it.
Co-hosted by the Shanghai Institute for Science and Enterprise Innovation, MindsLeap, Founders Space, and Xianyuan Group, the AI Native Enterprise Conference concluded at REMIXX International Art Center in Shanghai, bringing together nearly 300 entrepreneurs, investors, and technology leaders to discuss the Silicon Valley path to AI-native companies and practical AI transformation for Chinese enterprises.
Held in Shanghai on April 16-17, 2026, AI Lobster Shanghai brought together speakers from AI coding, enterprise agents, and organizational transformation to discuss practical AI deployment, agent collaboration, safety boundaries, and real-world workflows. Just as importantly, members built their first AI co-created projects on site.
From March 23 to 24, 2026, entrepreneurs gathered in Guangzhou to explore practical AI transformation paths through company visits, expert sessions, CAIO methodology, and an OpenClaw workshop that produced actionable AI project plans.
MindsLeap hosted a two-day entrepreneur retreat in Hangzhou, combining frontier technology visits, reflective practice, and collective intelligence workshops at Rokid, BrainCo, and Xixi Wetland’s Shili Fangfei resort.
MindsLeap hosted an AI-driven marketing growth workshop in Shanghai, helping entrepreneurs move from concept to execution through strategy briefings, hands-on tool practice, company visits, and resource matching.
MindsLeap invited Founders Space founder Steve Hoffman to Shanghai for a closed-door salon on 2026 technology and investment trends, covering AI commercialization, 6G and quantum computing, and the business path of AI agents.