The Unplanned · a podcast by tongtong & clara
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Venture stories that never went according to plan.


EP 01 Coming Soon

Where Do Ideas Come From? | Building an AI-Native Organization

Tongtong and Clara talk with Qiajin Shen, founder of ideaFlow, the AI-native platform behind 造梦次元 — one of China's fastest-growing AI content communities with over 10 million users. This episode explores how AI-native startups are built, what an AI-native organization actually looks like, and why emotional resonance may be the hardest problem in AI product design. If you're interested in AI startups, AI product thinking, and the future of AI-native content platforms, this conversation offers a founder's perspective from one of China's most active AI communities.

EP 02 Coming Soon

The Changes and the Constant | AI, Belief, and Fate

Levy Cheng built FateTell after nearly 100 investor rejections. Many believed AI fortune-telling was just a gimmick. Today, thousands of users pay for AI-generated life readings based on traditional Chinese metaphysics. In this episode, we explore belief, responsibility, and AI products that influence human decisions. What are people really buying when they pay for fate? And when someone changes their life based on an AI reading, who holds responsibility? For listeners interested in AI startups, AI consumer products, and the intersection of technology and culture, this conversation offers a unique perspective.

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Tongtong

Investor at FutureX Capital, focused on consumer AI and 📖🎵🥊🎾⛳️.

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Clara

Investor at FutureX Capital, focused on consumer AI and capybaras.

The Unplanned is what happens when two young VCs stop pretending they have it all figured out. Investing across Asia and the Bay Area, we watch AI rewrite the rules in real time — and we'd rather talk about it honestly than perform on a panel. This is the living room we never had at work.

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