On April 21, 2025, Alvin Graylin, Chairman of the Virtual World Society, will stop by the lab for his talk, “The Realities of the U.S.-China AI Arms Race.”

Click here to register for the Zoom. Members of the Stanford community who would like to attend in person can register clicking here.

The talk will discuss how we got into this escalating conflict of AI, the state of the world today and how we come to a positive resolution without accidentally destroying the planet.

Alvin Wang Graylin (汪丛青) is a globally recognized tech leader, author, investor, and serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of innovation across AI, XR, cybersecurity, and semiconductors. He currently serves as Chairman of the Virtual World Society, Vice-Chair of the Industry of VR Alliance, and is a Digital Fellow at Stanford’s Digital Economy Lab (within HAI). Previously, he was Global VP and China President at HTC, where he led the company’s XR business for nearly a decade.

Graylin is the author of Our Next Reality (Hachette Books), which explores how the convergence of AI and XR will transform the future of society. He has founded four venture-backed startups in conversational AI search, mobile social, mobile AR, and AI-driven big data analytics, spanning both the U.S. and China markets. As an active investor, he has backed over 100 startups and helped launch HTC’s ViveX Global VR accelerator and SOSV’s mobile internet incubator.

His career includes exec roles at Intel, IBM, Trend Micro, and WatchGuard. A sought-after global keynote speaker, Graylin is frequently featured in international media as a thought leader on AI, immersive computing, technology policy, entrepreneurship, and the Chinese tech landscape.