AI FLUENCY
Lead Through
The AI Era.
Understand how AI, robotics and automation are being commercialised across leading ecosystems.
Leadership teams gain direct access to organisations building and deploying AI at scale — from generative AI platforms to autonomous systems and industrial robotics — across Asia's most advanced innovation hubs.
Why Now
Earlier this year, a small lab in Hangzhou built an AI model that rivalled Silicon Valley's best — at a fraction of the cost.
DeepSeek's breakthrough didn't just make headlines. It proved that the balance of AI power is shifting faster than most boardrooms have priced in. The organisations built after that shift will look nothing like the ones built before it. This is the ecosystem your leadership team needs to see firsthand.
Leaders are asking...
How is AI changing the competitive landscape in our industry?
Which AI capabilities are becoming table stakes versus true differentiators?
How are leading organisations balancing AI adoption with governance and risk?
What separates AI hype from AI that actually drives value?
How is agentic AI changing the way organisations operate?
What capabilities will future leaders need in an AI-driven world?
Do we have the organisational talent and structure to compete at this pace?
Should we build this capability in-house, partner, or acquire it?
Why this matters
AI is no longer simply an IT initiative.
It is reshaping product development, operations, customer experience and competitive strategy across every industry — and the pace of that shift is no longer theoretical.
Leadership teams increasingly need firsthand exposure to how AI is being built and deployed — not simply reports and case studies describing it after the fact.
Our immersions provide direct access to the companies, labs and technologists shaping how AI will transform business over the next decade.
A Typical Programme
Hangzhou is home to five of China's "Six Little Dragons" — the AI, robotics and gaming companies, including DeepSeek, that have redefined what's possible on a fraction of Silicon Valley's budget.
Day 1
- AI and innovation ecosystem briefing
- Visit: DeepSeek's home ecosystem or a comparable frontier AI lab — one of Hangzhou's "Six Little Dragons"
Standing inside the lab that made the rest of the world recalculate its AI budgets. - Leadership discussion
Day 2
- Generative AI and platform company visits — Alibaba Cloud or a comparable platform
Watching foundation models get deployed at a scale most boards have only read about. - Dialogue with senior technologists
- Reflection session
Day 3
- Visit: Unitree Robotics — one of Hangzhou's "Six Little Dragons"
Standing next to a machine that moves like nothing your board has budgeted for yet. - Closing leadership workshop
- Return to origin country
Organisations named are illustrative access points and subject to confirmation at the time of your immersion.
Example destinations
Shenzhen
- Hardware & robotics
- AI chipsets
- Smart manufacturing
Shanghai
- AI in financial services
- Enterprise automation
- Innovation ecosystems
Beijing
- AI research & policy
- Foundation models
- National AI strategy
Hangzhou
- Generative AI platforms
- Cloud infrastructure
- Digital commerce
Illustrative organisations may include
and other leading organisations across the AI and innovation ecosystem
What leaders experience
Generative AI & LLMs
Understand how organisations are deploying large language models and generative AI across products, operations and customer experience.
Robotics & Automation
See how leading manufacturers and logistics players deploy industrial robotics and autonomous systems at scale.
AI Governance & Trust
Examine how organisations balance AI innovation with responsible deployment, safety and regulatory compliance.
Agentic AI & Future of Work
Explore how autonomous AI agents are reshaping workflows, decision-making and the future of work.