xNova VC participated in the AASF AIX Summit and the Columbia China Summit.
At AIX Summit, the Lunch Research Roundtable stood out — a focused discussion on frontier models, where Yonghui (Chris) Ma joined a table with Saining Xie from AMI - Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), alongside researchers and builders working at the edge of the field.
At Columbia, we served as a judge for the startup finals, participating throughout the sessions and getting a closer look at the quality and direction of this year's cohort.
Great to see our portfolio and ecosystem actively engaged: 1. CDimension sharing recent progress 2. Deepreach.ai joining the finals as part of the HYSTA (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association) Founders Club cohort 3. TSV Capital's Eugene Zhang on a panel with Prof. Zhou (Jo) Yu, Prof. Mengdi Wang, and Yuandong Tian 4. Q Bay Center hosting a panel with Yide Alan Jiang from XtalPi Inc. on AI + healthcare 5. Mala Town sharing its U.S. expansion journey
Also appreciated the broader perspectives from speakers including Kai-Fu Lee, Ben Shenglin, and Yue-Sai Kan.
As always, the real value goes beyond the stage — it's in the conversations, the exchange of ideas, and the connections across the community.
