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Grace ShaoFounder of AI Proem

The context behind AI headlines.

Independent analysis of AI and technology across China and Asia-Pacific, for investors, executives, and policymakers.

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13,000+
followers worldwide
45
podcast episodes
10+
newsrooms citing her work
10+
years covering tech and business

Featured in

  • Bloomberg
  • Fortune
  • TIME
  • BBC
  • Reuters
  • AFP
  • South China Morning Post
  • The Atlantic
  • Rest of World
  • Semafor

01 — Speaking

Keynotes, panels, lectures, and private briefings

Speaking
“From Models to Products” · SuperAI 2026, SingaporeWatch the session
“The Visual AI Stack” · SuperAI 2026, SingaporeWatch the session

Video: SuperAI

Conferences and investor events

  1. Jun 2026SuperAI 2026Moderator, 2 panels · Singapore
  2. May 2026Société Générale Global Markets ConferencePanelist · Singapore
  3. Jan 2026Asian Financial ForumStartup advisor · Hong Kong
  4. Nov 2025UBS APAC Hedge Fund Leaders ConferenceMain-stage panelist · Hong Kong
  5. 2025AmCham HK China ConferencePanelist · Hong Kong

Academic

  • Hong Kong CityUPanelist
  • Tsinghua UniversityInvited speaker
  • Peking UniversityInvited speaker
  • HKBUInvited speaker
  • THEiLecturer
  • HKUInvited speaker
  • Wharton (UPenn)Invited speaker
  • ColumbiaSpeakers Director, SPJ Columbia chapter
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Trusted by

  • UBS
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Société Générale
  • Tencent
  • Alibaba
  • SuperAI

02 — In the media

Recent highlights from Bloomberg and Fortune

All press
Grace Shao with Odd Lots hosts Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal in the Bloomberg Radio studio
With Odd Lots hosts Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal at Bloomberg.
Essay · Bloomberg Weekend Essay · 2026Why Chinese Citizens Are Far More Optimistic About AI Than AmericansPodcast · Bloomberg · Odd Lots · 2026Grace Shao on What the World Should Know About Chinese AIOp-ed · Fortune · 2026Has the AI race shifted from U.S. vs China to open vs closed?

03 — Reputation

What peers say

“One of the sharpest analysts of China’s AI and tech sector out there.”
Kyle Chan Senior Fellow, Brookings · High Capacity
“One of the sharpest analysts tracking China’s evolving tech landscape.”
Azeem Azhar Exponential View
“She’s a bit of an insider when it comes to China’s AI industry.”
Joe Weisenthal & Tracy Alloway Odd Lots, Bloomberg
“A leading analyst on China’s AI efforts and, of course, a friend of the program.”
Alex Kantrowitz Big Technology Podcast
“The best piece I’ve read to date on the Chinese data economy, and how it compares to the US counterparts”
Nathan Lambert Allen Institute for AI · InterconnectsRead the note

04 — Podcast

AI Proem Podcast

Differentiated Understanding

All 45 episodes
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Latest · EP 045 · Sep 30

How the Creative Industry is Adopting AI with Miora, Tencent’s Creative Agent
14:1837:38
  1. EP 044Trump-Xi Meeting, China’s Four-Pronged AI Strategy, Path to US-China AI Cooperation with Kristy Loke43:14
  2. EP 043How AI Is Actually Changing Product and Design52:28
  3. EP 042Former DeepMind Eng turned Founder: Computer Agents and Token Economics with Simular AI Ang Li57:50

Guests include leaders from Pony.ai, Meitu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Z.ai, Bernstein’s Robin Zhu, Nathan Lambert of the Allen Institute for AI, and fellows from Brookings and Carnegie.

05 — AI Proem

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  1. Chinese data vendors emerging and trying to go global - focus on healthcare data
  2. Why Are Personal Agents Blowing Up in the US But Not in China? Muse, Instinct vs Xiaowei, Qwen.
  3. Who is actually capturing the value from China’s open weights?
  4. A Mid-2026 Primer on Humanoids: Bodies are Cheap, Data is Not
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