aili - 爱礼
Timeline:
2001 - made in Shanghai
2017 - sailed the high seas, arrived in pennsylvania, america
2021~ studied international relations and economics at boston college
2024 - one way flight to sf, lived at joinarcadia.org (life changing!)
2024 - cofounded harvardst.co - 20ppl hacker house in boston
2025 - scaled fish.audio to 5m ARR in 3 months as head of ops
2025 - frequent flyer between sf and shenzhen, living out of a suitcase
2026 - coming soon!
Current:
• running thefuturefactory.ai - bringing hardware founders from sf to factories in shenzhen, helping them move from prototype to production
• leading robotics chapter at mushangai.xyz
• opening a hacker house in shenzhen (soon!)
Exploring:
• building communities where agentic people thrive; coliving experiments
• us-china tech competition
• manufacturing, supply chain, international knowledge collaboration
• outdoor adventures: freediving, snowboarding, climbing, circus
• cooking asian food for friends and hosting group dinners ❤️
• solo traveling