AI-NATIVE × CHINA × JAPAN
Heyi is an Osaka-based advisory and implementation partner helping Chinese companies enter Japan by connecting market understanding, organizational design, practical AI adoption, executive learning, and trusted local execution.
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Recent community activities and hands-on work with our partners.
Event recap · OSAKA
On September 6, Kansai AI Dojo and Rokid held an Ideathon in Osaka. Participants tried smart glasses, discussed AIUI development, and explored prototype ideas grounded in everyday life and work in Kansai.
Founded by Yihan Shen, Kansai AI Dojo brings together developers, students and AI practitioners in Kansai to share knowledge, learn together and build. Mini Hack is one example of that work.
Explore the community & its activitiesUNITY CO-CREATION LOOP
We use a three-stage process to understand the market, align decision-makers, and test assumptions with real customers. Each validation cycle informs the next business decision.
Discover · Insight & Field
We combine AI research, industry analysis, and stakeholder interviews to understand technology and markets in their business context.
Insight Map | Industry shifts and customer needsAlign · People & Organization
Leaders, core teams, and China–Japan stakeholders agree on objectives, priorities, ownership, and the next 90 days.
Alignment Agenda | Decision criteria and 90-day planValidate · Product & Market
Customer interviews, focused experiments, and PoCs test the value proposition and the feasibility of co-creation.
Validation Report | Customer evidence and PoC decisionTHREE APPLICATIONS
These are not disconnected services. Each uses the same Discover, Align, Validate process to move insight, people, and products toward concrete business outcomes.
01 · Connect insight with the field
We design research, industry exchange, and executive learning programs around specific business questions—not generic study tours.
02 · Connect people with the organization
We help leadership teams embed AI into management decisions, workflows, roles, and a repeatable operating rhythm.
03 · Connect product with market
We combine the technology and product speed of Chinese AI companies with the field knowledge and quality standards of Japanese industry—from customer discovery to PoC and commercialization.
PUBLIC PROOF
We distinguish company activities from the founder’s personal experience and publish only verifiable information.
Member company · 2025—2026
INSTITUTIONCoverage of China’s AI startup ecosystem
MEDIA ↗Feature on the Liangzhu AI startup community
MEDIA ↗EVIDENCE IN ACTION
WORKSHOP
Invited by AdventureX, one of China’s largest hackathons and an annual August event, to lead a workshop on how AI-native founders find the right co-founder, covering team formation, complementary strengths, and long-term collaboration.
MARKET ENTRY
STUDY VISIT
INSIGHTS
JAPAN MARKET
Before setting up an entity or appointing a distributor, validate the customer problem, adoption requirements, local implementation, channels, and long-term operations.
02COMMUNITY
Attendance and event frequency are not enough. A durable community needs a shared theme, clear participant roles, and concrete next actions.
03AI ORGANIZATION
AI tools do not become organizational capability unless decisions, roles, data governance, and evaluation methods change with them.
04FIELD NOTE · NOTE
A field reflection on policy momentum, enterprise AI agents, business outcomes, younger builders, Chinese teams, and the potential for China–Japan collaboration.
05AI-NATIVE · NOTE
OPC is more than one person using AI to do more. It is a company designed to create lasting customer value, make accountable decisions, and sustain a real business.
FOUNDER
Founder Sean Shen spent 17 years planning, building, and operating the Vanke Liangzhu Cultural Village community. A former director at Alibaba Group, he contributed to the founding stage of Hupan University. He now works as an executive coach, organizational advisor, and AI-native researcher, supporting the decisions and organizational development of AI founders, leaders, and core teams.
CONTACT
Whether you are planning an industry exchange, building AI capability in a leadership team, or validating a product for Japan, share your current stage and the decision you need to make next.
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