• Wayne Shiong, Co-Founder & Venture Partner, China Growth Capital (CGC)
• Neil Zeng, Partner, Linear Capital
• Eudora Wang, Deputy Editor, Greater China, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]

The rise of DeepSeek has re-energized China’s AI industry and shored up market confidence in its broader deeptech space from embodied intelligence and robotics to drug discovery and other types of AI applications. As accelerated deeptech growth leads to active dealmaking, investors and entrepreneurs find themselves navigating changing market dynamics, where Beijing’s policy tailwinds, geopolitical complexity, and rising competition from tech giants represent both opportunities and challenges.
This panel of deeptech-savvy speakers will share insights into their signature deeptech deals and how they unlock the potential of China’s deeptech stars in their early inception.