THE BUILDERSThe people turning
TERMINUS DIALOGUESINDEPENDENT MINDS. REAL CONVERSATIONS.
Meet the builders.
Explore what’s next.
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Conversations with AI founders.
Understand the person behind the product.
Documenting the choices of builders. Questioning the future of humanity.
FROM TERMINUS, THE WORLD LISTENS
HUMAN INSTINCT. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.↗THE CONVERSATION / ABOUT THE SHOWWhen human civilization
When human civilization
meets machine intelligence.
As machines join us in thinking, creating and deciding,
what do we want to carry into the future?
We start with real products: the needs they serve, the decisions that shape them, and the lessons of building a company. We follow technology into the real world—and meet the people behind it.
How we approach a conversation ↗PRODUCTS / JUDGMENT / HUMAN CHOICES
01 / THE QUESTIONS
Ask what really matters.
Everyday questions deserve thoughtful answers.
01Who uses your product, and why?
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Make the product clear. Use real situations to explain whose problem it solves, and how.
02What do you offer beyond a general-purpose AI model?
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Start with the product, explore real needs, and understand the founder’s judgment about where to go next.
03How did you find your first paying customer?
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Capture the details that reveal how technology becomes part of real life.
04What did you give up in your hardest decision?
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Revisit the thinking behind the decision: the experiments, doubts and turning points, and the questions still unanswered.
02 / IN CONVERSATIONFrom the product
From the product
to the person.
We seek people with real products, lived experience
and a mind of their own.
Make it clear
Explain through real situations:
whose problem does it solve?
Examine the choices
Revisit the reasoning:
why choose this path?
Keep the real details
Talk about experiments, doubts and turning points,
including questions still without answers.
03 / OUR ORIGINAt the edge,
At the edge,
a beginning.
Terminus takes its name from the planet in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. At the edge of the galaxy, it carries the hope of preserving knowledge, sustaining civilization and nurturing a new order.
A turning point in one era can become
the beginning of the next.
THE EDGE IS A BEGINNING.04 / FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION
Find us where you feel at home.
Follow the interviews. Join the conversation.
01 / FEATURED CHANNEL
Xiaohongshu ↗
Ideas, highlights and new discoveries.
Profile link coming soon02 / VIDEO
Bilibili ↗
One question opens a whole conversation.
Profile link coming soon03 / GLOBAL
YouTube ↗
Conversations beyond borders.
Channel link coming soonSTART A CONVERSATIONYour story.
Your story.
A conversation worth having.
FOUNDER SUBMISSIONS / GUEST NOMINATIONS / IDEAS & COLLABORATIONS
bd@terminusaitalk.com ↗
Tell us about your project and an experience you would like to share.
WeChat contact coming soon