Building a Product Design AI Agent for Hardware

From Idea to Production-Ready Products in Minutes

Early-stage companies face a brutal reality: brilliant ideas die in the gap between concept and production. Traditional product development requires months of costly iterations, deep supply chain knowledge, and access to all-important manufacturing partners - resources most founders simply don’t have.

We’re proud to welcome Echo Gao, CEO & Founder of Vlight AI, to this Startup Grind Hong Kong & Zürich joint event. 

Echo has built a groundbreaking Product Design AI Agent that helps early-stage hardware startups accelerate their journey from concept to physical product.

In this event, Echo will share her founder’s journey, the technical decisions behind building a Product Design AI Agent for Hardware, and the real-world challenges (and breakthroughs) of unifying multiple AI models into a single intelligent workflow - powered by the Greater Bay Area’s manufacturing and supply chain ecosystem.

📅 Date: Tuesday, 28 April
⏰ Time: 7:00 pm HKT / 1:00 pm CET
📍 Location: Online (Virtual Event)

🎤 Meet the Speaker

Echo Gao is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Vlight AI, a Product Design AI Agent that helps early-stage startups accelerate their journey from concept to physical product. By leveraging the robust supply chain ecosystem and manufacturing network across the Greater Bay Area (GBA), Vlight empowers innovative hardware companies to go from idea to market faster—and scale toward becoming the next unicorns.

Passionate about technology, storytelling, and innovation, Echo believes every idea has the potential to change the world—it just needs the right platform to come to life.

💡 What You’ll Learn

✅ How a Product Design AI Agent guides the entire journey from idea to supplier connection
✅ Why hardware innovation no longer requires large teams or deep manufacturing expertise
✅ The key technical decisions behind building an intelligent product design workflow
✅ Echo's lessons on building a scalable, AI-driven SaaS company
✅ How to leverage the Greater Bay Area's manufacturing ecosystem without being physically present

🎯 Who Should Attend?

🚀 Startup founders building physical or hybrid (hardware + software) products
📈 Entrepreneurs exploring AI-driven business models
🎤 Product designers, makers, and innovators
📢 Investors and operators curious about the future of AI + manufacturing

🚀 Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how AI is redefining product creation

📌 RSVP now to secure your spot