Victor Ai^[2] (Chinese: 艾渝^[3]; born 1983), also known as Ai Yu,^[4] is a Chinese businessman and investor.^[5] He is the founder^[6] and CEO of Terminus Group.^[7][8] He launched the AI City project, named Cloud Valley, which is controlled by artificial intelligence.^[9][10]

Prior to founding Terminus, Ai was head of Everbright's New Economy Fund,^[11][12] where he served as its partner.^[13] He worked for more than 10 years in the field of new economy investments.^[14] He led investments into start-ups including NetEase Cloud Music,^[15] SenseTime, Meituan-Dianping, Xpeng,^[16] NIO, iQiyi,^[17] and Nreal.^[18]

Earlier in his career, Ai worked in the mergers and acquisitions department of global investment banking at JPMorgan Chase,^[19] where he was an investment banker.^[20]

Education and career

Ai earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Simon Fraser University and a Master of Science degree in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis.^[21]

In 2015, Ai founded Terminus. In June 2016, Everbright and IDG Capital jointly set up Everbright-IDG Industrial Fund, where he worked as its managing partner.^[22]

In November 2019, Ai attended the Fortune Global Tech Forum,^[23] where he was one of the speakers.^[24] In November 2021, he took part in the China Annual Conference of the Harvard Business Review.^[25]

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