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0Julia: the story of reinventing global merch with AI
Julia Xu, a serial entrepreneur whose career spans global giants like Disney and Alibaba, has started her own venture — Wayo — a company using AI to reimagine how custom merchandise is made, scaled, and delivered globally. In this conversation, Julia opens up about her leap from corporate life to founding multiple ventures across sectors, the inspiration behind Wayo, and why customization is the future of global commerce as well as how AI is transforming fragmented supply chains into agile, responsive systems. Whether you're a founder, builder, or just curious about what's next for commerce and creativity, Julia's story will leave you thinking bigger.
Julia Xu是一位连续创业者。在创办Wayo之前，她有着在迪士尼和阿里巴巴等大型企业的工作经验。如今，她创立的Wayo是一家以人工智能为核心的科技公司，总部位于美国，致力于重塑全球定制商品的采购方式，连接世界各地的企业与中国优质供应链。在这期节目中，Julia谈到了她从大企业员工到创始人的转变，Wayo创立背后的灵感，为什么定制化是未来的趋势，以及人工智能可以如何优化分散的供应链。无论你是企业创始人、还是只是好奇商业世界的未来，Julia的故事都定会让你有所启发！欢迎收听Julia的故事！
01:10 Julia's background
06:10 Wayo's current offering
09:50 How Wayo secured clients before the platform officially launched
13:20 How does Julia perceive the change from working in a big corporation to being an entrepreneur
23:13 What's next for Wayo in terms of AI features and market expansion
Highlights:
1. Traditional product sourcing could be a complicated and time-consuming process, from finding the right supplier to arranging logistics, but with AI, it could be much easier and streamlined.
2. When it comes to global expansion, it is really important to understand different markets and then decide how to do localization/differentiation for different markets.
3. Being the founder/CEO, you are the person who could really make or break a business, the stress and pressure is next level but it is also very rewarding to show the world what you are building.
Julia主要观点：
1. 传统的产品采购可能是一个复杂且耗时的过程，从挑选合适的供应商到安排物流配送。但如果使用人工智能，整个流程可以大幅简化。
2. 在企业做全球扩张时，需要先了解不同的市场，然后决定如何基于不同的市场和特点进行本地化/差异化的策略是非常重要的。
3. 作为创始人/首席执行官，你的决策可以决定企业的发展方向甚至是生死，压力挑战都很大，但可以把自己在创造的东西展示给全世界也是非常值得的。
Wayo website: Wayo - Make extraordinary merch at factory prices.
Hosts
Kate: VC investor/entrepreneur
Tina: VC investor, also on Bilibili, YouTube, and RedNote under '夏聊创投'
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