This week, Tiffany Ap speaks with Grace Shao on the causes and development of AI in China.
In this episode, Grace Shao walks us through the divergent approaches to AI deployment in China and the US, the domestic AI talent in China and the future of robotics. Grace also talks about running her newsletter AI Proem while providing consulting to tech companies and raising a toddler while being 8 months pregnant on the podcast.
About our guest:
Grace Shao is a tech and AI analyst and researcher. She often writes about AI, and technology with a focus on China’s internet to AI evolution. She’s been published (op-eds and editorial) in Fortune, The Diplomat, Diplomat Risk Intelligence, Economist Intelligence Unit, CNBC, SCMP, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Yahoo Finance, USA Today and many others. She also regularly appears on leading tech podcasts and has guest lectured at Tsinghua University, Peking University, Hong Kong Baptist University, and the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong.
Grace is also the founder of Proem Communications. As an international media consultant, she has advised clients such as Lenovo, Ant Financial, Kuaishou, PayPal, KKR, Primavera, and growth-stage consumer tech and biotech firms. Grace was integral to Alibaba Group’s international corporate affairs team, helping the tech giant navigate some of its most significant crises and milestones.
She started her career as a business/ tech journalist. Having grown up between Canada and Mainland China, she has also worked and studied in Singapore, and the U.S., and now calls Hong Kong home. She is an active member of the local business/ tech community. She serves as the Co-Chair of the Marketing and Communications Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. She is a former member of the Asian American Journalists Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. She is a native English and Mandarin Chinese speaker and an alumna of Columbia University, Tsinghua University, and the Alberta School of Business.
About our host:
Tiffany Ap is a New York-based writer and editor. She is an expert on the intersection of business and
fashion, holding senior roles at BOF and WWD.