Building an AI Company from Nothing

Tak Lo is director at Techstars London. Techstars is one of the pioneers of the startup accelerator movement. The accelerator has on its team Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn and Jon Bradford, the former managing director of Techstars London.

Tak Lo是Techstars London的总监。Techstars是创业加速器运动中的先行者。Skype的联合创始人Jaan Tallinn和Techstars伦敦的前总经理都曾是这个加速器团队中的一员。

Tak Lo is creating startup leaders in Asia. He is a also Partner at Zeroth, an AI/ML-focused early stage funding program. The accelerator is named after zero-based numbering, which is basically a way of numbering that starts from zero (as opposed to one, which we normally use when counting things). Zero-based numbering is commonly used in computer programming. Previously, he sourced, invested, and mentored companies in the $3mn Techstars London seed fund. He has worked with over 50 companies from the Asian, European, and NYC startup communities angel investing, founding, and mentoring startups, including Eleven Aceletator, Techstars, Spark Labs, Plug and Play, Upscale, etc. Tak started his career in the US Army. He graduated from the London Business School and the University of Chicago.

Tak Lo也专注于发掘亚洲创业领袖，在一个专注于人工智能和机器学习的早期投资项目Zeroth中担任合伙人。这个加速器的名字源于英文中从0（zero）数起的计数方法（不同于我们通常从1数起的计数习惯）。这一方法通常用于计算机编程中。Tak曾在Techstars伦敦的3百万美元种子基金项目中创立和投资企业以及以导师的身份参与其中，通过这些方式Tak已经与来自亚洲、欧洲和纽约超过50家的创业企业完成合作，包括Eleven Aceletator、Techstars、Spark Labs、Plug and Play和Upscale等等。Tak毕业于伦敦商学院和芝加哥大学，他的职业生涯起步于美国军队。

“There’s a ton of vernacular about Skynet – which is bollocks. We can harness AI’s superpower by empowering founders with AI,” says Tak Lo.

Tak曾说过：“关于Skynet的诸多行话都是胡说八道，创始人们掌握人工智能将有助于充分发挥人工智能的超能力。”

About Techstars

Techstars helps entrepreneurs succeed. Through the Techstars Worldwide Entrepreneur Network, founders and their teams connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporate partners who will help their companies grow.

Techstars帮助创业者取得成功。创始人和他们的团队可以通过Techstars的全球创业家网络与其他的创业者、专业、导师、校友、投资人、社区领袖和企业伙伴建立联系，从而帮助他们的公司更好地成长。

Techstars operates four divisions: Techstars Startup Programs, Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Programs, Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships, and the Techstars Venture Capital Fund. Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Program supercharges success and Techstars Startup Programs inspire, educate and connect entrepreneurs. Techstars Venture Capital Fund invests in the most innovative and disruptive Techstars companies to fuel their success. Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships helps brands create world-changing products and services. Techstars accelerator portfolio includes more than 1,000 companies with a market cap of $8.1 billion.

Techstars有4大部分：创业公司项目、导师加速器项目、企业创新合作项目和风险投资基金项目。其中，导师加速期项目助力创业成功，创业公司项目激励、教育和联接创业者们。风险投资基金项目对最具创新性和突破性的Techstars公司投资，为它们未来的成功提供动力。企业创新合作项目帮助品牌创造可以改变世界的产品和服务。Techstars加速器涵盖了超过1000家公司，总市值高达81亿美元。

www.techstars.com

About Zeroth.ai

Zeroth.ai is a new startup accelerator in Hong Kong, and it is focusing on applications from artificial intelligence (AI) startups throughout Asia. AI, which includes machine learning and deep learning, looks to become the next hot sector in tech. Leading tech companies like Google, Apple, and Microsoft are racing to build smarter applications that learn by themselves, using neural networks. As AI advances and more open source tools become available, startups will come up with creative and unexpected solutions. Zeroth hopes to be play a part in helping them succeed.

Zeroth.ai是位于香港的一个新创业加速器，专注于亚洲的人工智能（AI）创业公司。涵盖机器学习和深度学习的人工智能将是科技领域的下一个热点。包括谷歌、苹果和微软等科技巨头公司都已加入这场人工智能竞赛，力图使用人工神经网络制造出更智能的应用。随着人工智能的发展和更多开源工具的出现，创业公司将会提供更具创造力和更让人意想不到的解决方案。Zeroth参与其中，旨在帮助这些公司成功发展。

Zeroth.ai is now open for the Z02 program until June 15, 2017. Accepted startups will receive $120,000USD in total financing as well as mentorship from our venture partners.

Zeroth.ai的Z02项目将开放之2017年6月15日。被选中的创业公司将获得总额达12万美元的融资以及Zeroth风险投资合作伙伴提供的导师服务。

http://www.zeroth.ai

Event Info | 活动信息

English for the fireside chat, Chinese & English for networking

炉边谈话环节使用英文进行，社交环节中英文进行

Time: July 7th (Friday), 2017, 6:30PM-10:00PM

时间：2017年7月7日（星期五），晚上6:30-10:00

Location: NakedHub @ Jiuxianqiao, B4, No.14 Jiuxianqiao Rd, C&W Industrial Park,Chaoyang District, Beijing

地点：北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路14号兆维工业园B4楼裸心谷

Agenda | 活动安排

6:30pm 签到 & 茶歇 Sign-in, Welcome Drink & Food

7:30pm 炉边谈话 Fireside Chat with Tak Lo

8:30pm 自由讨论 & 社交环节 Drinks, Food & Networking

Free flow beer is provided ;) 活动现场免费啤酒无限量供应 ;)

Admission | 费用

普通票：60元（截止至7月6日） | Regular: 60RMB (Available until July 6th)

现场票（活动当日购买）：100元 | At-the-door: 100RMB

*If you are having trouble RSVPing at this page, please email: jelte@startupgrind.com or contact him on WeChat (jeltew).

*如果你在报名过程中遇到问题，请发送邮件到jelte@startupgrind.com联系我们。

We offer free tickets(only 3) to founders of startups and free entrance for media, please apply for that via email jelte@startupgrind.com or WeChat(jeltew).

我们为创业企业创始人提供免费入场券（仅3张），同时为媒体朋友提供免费入场通道，请通过邮件jelte@startupgrind.com或微信(jeltew)申请这一机会。

Please click “Read more” for registration!

请点击“阅读原文”进行报名！

About Startup Grind

Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting 400,000 founders in over 200 cities. We nurture startup ecosystems in 85 countries through events, media, and partnerships with organizations like Google for Entrepreneurs. The cornerstone of our global community are monthly events featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Founded in Silicon Valley, Startup Grind has now hosted 2,000 fireside chats since its founding in 2010. To date, Startup Grind has helped millions of entrepreneurs find mentorship, connect to partners and employees, pursue funding, and reach new users.

Startup Grind是一个教育、启发并连接企业家的全球性独立创业社区。通过举办活动、媒体传播以及与Google for Entrepreneurs等组织的合作，我们在全球85个国家、超过200个城市推动当地创业生态系统的进一步完善。每个月我们都会邀请到北京具有影响力的企业创始人、创新者、教育者以及投资人来参加我们的活动，和大家分享他们的个人故事以及他们在创业道路上所得到的经验和教训。从2010在硅谷创立，Startup Grind已经举办了2,000多次炉边谈话，成功帮助数以百万计的创业家与导师、合作伙伴、新雇员建立联系，找到投资资金和新用户。

Our Values | 我们的价值理念

We believe in making friends, not contacts. We believe in giving, not taking. We believe in helping others before helping yourself. We are truly passionate about helping founders, entrepreneurs and startups succeed. We intend to make their startup journey less lonely, more connected and more memorable.

交朋友，而不只是添加联系人；给予，而不是索取；帮助别人，帮助自己。我们真诚地希望去帮助创业家、企业家和创业公司达成目标，帮助他们在创业之旅上与更多的伙伴联系在一起。