Xing Meng
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Xing Meng is a partner at 5Y Capital and the former COO of Didi Autonomous Driving . elsewhere's corpus does not cover additional biographical details, career history, or current investment focus for this individual.
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The elsewhere Podcast Is Back with Xing Meng
Better to not live at all than to live without enough experience.
Vol.006 | A Conversation with Xing Meng: 'I'm Terrified of Being Like Everyone Else'
Deng Yu Wins the Fields Medal: The Problem He Solved Has Stumped AI
From Deng Yu, Hilbert's Sixth Problem, and the Step AI Has Yet to Truly Take Author | Xing Meng, Partner at 5Y Capital
Four Days at ICML Seoul: Models Are Eating Everything Faster Than Anyone Can Find Their Footing | Xing Meng, 5Y Capital
In July 2026, Xing Meng, partner at 5Y Capital, traveled to Seoul for ICML, where he engaged in deep conversations with researchers and founders on the front lines of the global AI industry. This article presents a selection of his firsthand observations after returning to China.
Models, Tokens, and Organizations in the Post-Scaling Law Era | 5Y Quarterly
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can already see that there is much to be done.
5Y News | Archon Robotics Closes Nine-Figure RMB Seed Round
What Should Robots Learn from Humans?
How Are There Such Bizarre AI4S Founders
A new issue of elselier — a story so bizarre it's hard to know where to begin.
Everyone's Token-Maxxing: An Arms Race Nobody Dares to Stop | 5Y Capital's Xing Meng on AI
We spent some time in Silicon Valley and found that even the people making the waves are getting overwhelmed by them.
When a Billion AIs Simulate the Future Together: The New Bet Fei-Fei Li and Karpathy Are Both Making | 5Y Research
When One Billion AIs Simulate the Future Together: A New $1 Billion Series A Track, Co-Bet by Fei-Fei Li and Karpathy
January, Emergence, and Prologue | 5Y News Monthly
The big news from last month.
Where Did the Money Go? Who's Still Writing Checks? A 2025 VC Debrief With Jing Liu
VC takes a certain amount of instinct.
One Aims for the Skies, the Other Cares About Face: They're Redefining What You Think Robots Can Do | 5Y View
The humanoid robot race is getting crowded? They're looking for a different play.
Dropping Out of Middle School at 14 vs. Writing Code at 13: The Unconventional Path of a Non-Standard AI Founder
When the endgame is unclear, what do you set out with?
Innovation Often Happens Where No One Has Gone Before | 5Y News Monthly
The big news from last month.
I think the sun will shine bright tomorrow morning | Opening Remarks
Maybe wrong, always fun.
Is Leaving Big Tech to Build Hardware Really Worth That Much?
What exactly are investors buying into?
The AI Investment Mid-Game: Talent Wars, Faith Divides, and Super Opportunities
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72 Hours, Fully Documented: Humanity's First Close Encounter with AI
The stories of seven modern-day Robinson Crusoes.
What Happened During the 72-Hour AI Survival Challenge?
Some people are training AI companions, others are building virtual livestreaming studios, and still others are burning through their budgets constructing systems and debugging plugins...
5Y News | Differential Intelligence Flight (Weifen Zhifei) Completes Two Consecutive Funding Rounds to Accelerate Embodied AI Development for Aerial Robots
When the sky is truly illuminated by autonomous intelligence, humanity's imagination of space and creativity will be redefined as well.
Robot Vacuums, AI Glasses, Companion Robots... Is This Generation of AI Hardware Actually Any Good? | 5Y Tavern Vol. 25 [Podcast]
2025: The Evolution, Belief, and Expectations of AI Hardware.
To AI Founders: In 2025, Go to These VCs for Funding | Debriefing a Year in Primary Markets with Jing Liu of "Waves"
"2024: Who's Still Actively Investing in AI?"
Returning to Dollar-Denominated VC: Is It Like Joining the Nationalist Army in 1949? | A Conversation with Xing Meng, 5Y Capital's New Partner
Are those who go against the current naive, or brave?
Venture Studio: When Investors Become Startup Producers | He Lan on Entrepreneurship
Step Forward, Step Inside
Returning to Dollar-Denominated VC: Like Joining the Nationalists in 1949? | A Conversation with Xing Meng, New Partner at 5Y Capital
Sorry, BlueRun Ventures Doesn't Want That Kind of Startup Camp | Buming 2024 Now Recruiting
You're Invited to Join a Different Kind of Startup Camp




















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