Programme outline
Learning objectives
- Analyse cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics in Silicon Valley:
- Understand the latest advancements in AI and robotics and their strategic applications for gaining a competitive edge.
- Learn about AI and robotics ecosystem from industry leaders and academics:
- Study real-life case studies and innovations from top institutions like Stanford and University of California (UC) Berkeley, alongside industry experts.
- Gain insights from real-world AI applications:
- Network with Stanford and National University of Singapore (NUS) alumni to exchange knowledge and explore AI business collaborations.
- Evaluate AI & robotics for productivity and business growth:
- Assess and evaluate AI and robotics technologies for productivity, innovation, and competitive advantage.
- Create an AI business strategy:
- Create and present a customised AI strategy, applying insights from the programme to meet organisational goals.
Day 1
- Pre-trip in Singapore
- Strategy Workshop: Leveraging AI & Robotic Technologies to Drive Business Competitiveness
- Understand the latest advancements in AI and robotics technologies in Silicon Valley.
- Explore how AI and robotics can create smart businesses to drive productivity, innovation and business growth.
- Learn a strategy framework for applying AI and robotics technologies to business strategy.
Day 2
- Site visit: Anthropic
- Learn how Anthropic engages in AI research in development to benefit people.
- Learn about the AI development in Silicon Valley.
- Learn about Anthropic’s Large Language Model (LLM), Claude, in terms of its capabilities and case studies
- Explore potential partnerships
- Seminar, lunch and networking session
- Seminar on “Anthropic’s Global Partnership Ecosystem: Trends & Opportunities”
- In-depth partnership discussions with Anthropic and its ecosystem partners
- Site visit: Nvidia
- Learn how Nvidia’s latest AI research and development to benefit people and industries globally
- Learn about the AI and GPU research and development in Silicon Valley.
- Learn about Nvidia’s open-source multimodal large language model (LLM), NVLM in terms of its capabilities and case studies.
- Explore potential partnerships
- Roundtable discussion on AI partnership with Enterprise Singapore, EDB, and Singapore Connect
- Panel discussion by selected business leaders and SUTD participants
- Networking with potential local partners
Day 3
- 聽Site visit: Voyage AI
- Learn how Voyage AI collaborates with Stanford University in AI research & development to benefit people.
- Learn about the AI development in Silicon Valley.
- Learn about Large Language Model (LLM) to date.
- Explore potential partnerships
- Seminar, lunch and networking session
- Seminar on “Silicon Valley Ecosystem: Trends & Collaboration Opportunities”
- In-depth partnership discussions
- Site visit: Xaira Therapeutics
- Learn about how Xaira Therapeutics, an AI-integrated biotechnology start-up with more than $1 billion of committed capital, is transforming the drug discovery and development process with AI technologies
- Learn how Xaira leverages on multidisciplinary talent and capabilities to reimagine the entire drug discovery process, from drug discovery to clinical development
- Learn how Xaira platform is being built to transform every laboratory and clinical experiment into a vehicle for rich data generation so that the product development process leads to improved AI models and biological foundation models
- Explore potential partnerships
Day 4
- Site visit: Stanford University’s StartX
- Visit StartX which is a startup accelerator, fellowship, and community for Stanford students, professors, and alumni.
- Learn about how StartX facilitates the Stanford community in building their innovative tech start-ups
- Explore potential partnerships
- Seminar, lunch and networking session
- Seminar on “Stanford University Tech Start-up Ecosystem: Trends & Collaboration Opportunities”
- In-depth partnership discussions
- Site visit: StartX AI Startups
- Visit selected StartX AI startups to learn about their new AI technologies and potential business applications
- Experience selected new AI technologies from StartX community
- Explore potential partnerships
Day 5
- Site visit: UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck
- Learn about UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck, UC Berkeley鈥檚 global hub for entrepreneurship.
- Meet selected AI startups at UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck to learn about their new AI technologies and business models
- Explore potential partnerships
- Hands-on strategy workshop: Leveraging Silicon Valley’s AI & Robotics Ecosystem to Build Smart Businesses
- Participants will synthesise and apply relevant knowledge and insights from the program, using a strategy framework to create their own AI business strategies
- Roundtable panel discussion: Leveraging Silicon Valley’s AI & Robotics Ecosystem to Build Smart Businesses
- Panellists: Regional Director (San Francisco), Singapore Economic Development Board, Regional Director (San Francisco), Enterprise Singapore, Representatives from selected Silicon Valley-based AI companies
- Participants will present and share their respective AI-driven business strategies.
- Participants will receive constructive feedback on their strategies, enabling them to refine their business strategy.
Assessment
- Presentation of company’s business strategy to capture business opportunities