01 / NOTICE
See the shift.
Follow changes in technology, behaviour and talent. Stay curious about the people already moving toward what comes next.
THE NEXT GENERATION OF AI NATIVES
THE NEXT
SIGNAL IS
HUMAN.
未来的信号，先在人身上。
A global network for AI-native builders,
researchers & founders.
EARLY SIGNALSBEFORE CONSENSUS
INDEPENDENT MINDSSHARED CONTEXT
01 / PEOPLE & PURPOSE
Before consensus.
Beyond a single chapter.
The future often shows up in people first: in the questions they ask, the tools they use, and the things they choose to build.
SIGNAL brings together the next generation of Global AI Natives. Through shared research, small gatherings and work in progress, we build the context and trust to grow together.
02 / BUILD
Build something real.
Get to know each other through useful products, thoughtful research and honest feedback. Conviction grows through doing.
03 / STAY
Stay for the pivots.
People evolve. So do their ambitions. Shared history helps us understand new directions and keep building together.
FRIENDS ACROSS UNIVERSITY & RESEARCH COMMUNITIES
StanfordCMUUC BerkeleyUT AustinKCLTsinghuaPeking UniversityHarbin Institute of Technology
02 / THE SIGNAL FRAMEWORK
A way to see.
A reason to believe.
Six principles for recognising early signals, understanding people, and building conviction that lasts.
Sense the Signal
What is changing before everyone agrees?
Look for shifts in technology, user behaviour, talent and capital. Early signals often come from the people working on a question before it becomes a headline.
SENSE EARLY. THINK INDEPENDENTLY. LET EXECUTION & TRUST DO THE PROVING.
03 / RESEARCH FRONTIERS
Questions worth
staying with.
From intelligence to the physical world, and the data that connects them. These are the questions we keep returning to.
01 / INTELLIGENCE
AI
Agents
How can agents move from impressive demos to useful, reliable work — with memory, context and real users?
02 / THE PHYSICAL WORLD
AI
Hardware
How do we bring intelligence into everyday life, connecting ambitious research, engineering and global markets?
03 / THE FOUNDATION
Data
Infrastructure
What foundations will support persistent context, real-time knowledge and the next generation of AI-native products?
Where technology, talent and capital meet.
SIGNAL PERSPECTIVES
An independent selection of capital firms, research teams and talent ecosystems, alongside our perspective on AI-native company building.
01 / GLOBAL CAPITAL
Global Capital
Selected firms across global founder networks, early-stage AI and deep tech, and the wider technology capital landscape.
Llama VenturesUpHonest CapitalFusion FundLinear Capital
Explore the list02 / RESEARCH TO VENTURE
Research to Venture
Selected model teams, technical roles, universities and labs across the path from research to products.
StanfordUC BerkeleyCMUGoogle DeepMindNVIDIA GEAR
Explore the list04 / RELATIONSHIPS THAT COMPOUND
Shared context.
Long-term trust.
We want to know the person behind the project: what they are curious about, what they are struggling with, and why they choose to build.
A thoughtful conversation today may matter years later. When careers change and companies pivot, trust and shared history help us find each other again.
A small circle. Deep trust. Room to grow.
05 / PARTNER SIGNALS
Small rooms.
Deep conversations.
Conversations worth having, shared by friends in our ecosystem. An archive of recent partner gatherings.
001A global outlookBeijing
A partner gathering in Beijing, opening a conversation about looking beyond familiar markets and thinking globally.
002AI × Global SaaS: growth in practiceShanghai
Practical conversations on overseas growth for AI and SaaS businesses, shared with the Growthify community.
GROWTHIFY003AI hardware goes globalBeijing
From product definition to market validation: building global growth with hardware, supply-chain capabilities and hands-on GTM.
BOP / 声量 BOP004DeepWAVE: AI × FinanceHangzhou
WAVE's first DeepWAVE gathering, connecting research frontiers, industry applications and startup opportunities in AI and finance.
WAVE / DEEPWAVE06 / FIND YOUR PEOPLE
BE GLOBAL.
BUILD SOMETHING
REAL.
Working on something you can't stop thinking about? We'd love to hear what you're building — and the questions you're still figuring out.
Sophie Huang / 黄姝菲
Founder of SIGNAL. Connecting AI founders, researchers and ecosystem partners through community and B2B GTM.