muShanghai — May 2026 edition

The edition I'm attending. May 10 – Jun 6, 2026, at Shanghai Future Tech City (Alibaba HQ). Sequenced as the four weekly themes: AI → biotech/longevity → robotics → culture.

This page is intentionally a stub — pre-event scaffolding only. As the program runs, I'll keep the compiled truth here as a living summary of the experience and append a dated timeline entry per significant event, conversation, or observation. Anything substantial gets its own wiki/ page and is linked from here.

Pre-trip plan

Arrive a few days before May 10 to settle in.
Following The Mu's Luma calendar for daily program updates.
Likely co-creating one or more events under the co-creation model — TBD what.

What I want out of it

To be filled in pre-departure. Working set: meet builders shipping in Chinese AI/robotics, get inside one or two Alibaba/Unitree/BYD facilities, find a hackerhouse worth inhabiting, and write home about something I couldn't have written about from the US.

[2026-04-22] page created

Pre-event scaffold; no field notes yet.
Will be the primary surface for daily updates during the program.