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Tech & AI Innovation Tour

A guided week inside the companies, labs and supply chains defining the next decade of AI, electric vehicles and robotics — designed for leaders who need to see it first-hand.

Overview

See the future being built — up close.

Reading about China’s innovation engine is one thing. Standing on the factory floor, sitting across from the founders, and watching a prototype go from sketch to sample in days is another entirely.

Over an intensive week in the Greater Bay Area, we take you inside the businesses and research shaping AI, EV and robotics — with the context, access and relationships to make it genuinely useful for your own strategy and decisions.

FormatGuided immersion week
Duration7–10 days
Group sizeSmall cohort, curated
Designed forExecs · founders · MBA cohorts
BaseGreater Bay Area, China
InvestmentTailored — request a proposal
Who it's for

Designed with a clear visitor in mind.

Executives & boards

Strategy leaders who need a first-hand read on where technology and supply chains are heading — not a second-hand summary.

Entrepreneurs

Founders exploring China as a place to build, source or partner, who want the real map of who does what.

MBA cohorts

Programs seeking a rigorous, high-access immersion that turns a case study into lived experience.

What you'll experience

A sample week.

Every tour is tailored, but here's how a typical week unfolds.

Day 01

Arrival & orientation

Settle in, then a briefing that frames the week: the map of the ecosystem, what to look for, and the questions worth asking.

  • Welcome dinner with the Novula team and local hosts
  • Ecosystem overview & the week ahead
Day 02

AI & robotics

Inside leading AI and robotics companies and labs — from research to real deployment.

  • Company visits & live demonstrations
  • Roundtable with engineers and founders
Day 03

Electric vehicles & smart mobility

The EV and mobility players redefining transport — factories, design centres and test tracks.

  • Manufacturing & assembly walkthrough
  • Conversation on the road ahead for mobility
Day 04

The supply chain

The two-hour supply chain that makes it all possible — components, prototyping and speed you have to see to believe.

  • Prototyping house & component markets
  • How an idea becomes a product in days
Day 05

Synthesis & connections

Bring it together: what it means for you, and the relationships worth keeping.

  • Working session applying the week to your goals
  • Networking with founders, operators and investors
From the ground

Moments from past tours.

A feel for the week — the places, the people, the pace.

Loop · silent
Robotics lab
Founder roundtable
Prototyping
What you'll gain

You'll leave with more than photos.

InsightA first-hand read on where AI, EV and robotics are actually heading.
AccessRooms and relationships most visitors never reach.
ClarityA clearer view of how to build, source or partner in China.
NetworkIntroductions to founders, operators and investors worth knowing.

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“We saw more of the real supply chain in five days than in years of reading about it — and left with relationships we still use.”

— Executive, manufacturing (placeholder)
Enquire

Bring your group. We'll design the week.

Tell us who's coming and what you want to get out of it, and we'll put together a tailored proposal.