January Capital x Stanford AU / NZ Club: Building What's Next in AI

January Capital and the Stanford Australia & New Zealand community are bringing together Stanford students, founders and operators for an evening exploring what's next in AI. Join us for a candid conversation with leading AI founders and operators on what they're building, where the technology is heading, and the opportunities they see ahead — followed by drinks and a chance to reconnect with the Stanford community. Panelists Tom Hamer — Co-Founder, Marqo / Celeris Tom co-founded Marqo, the open-source multimodal vector search engine. He's spent the last few years making vector search — the technology underpinning modern AI retrieval — accessible to developers building real products. Yiqun Duan — Research Scientist, Meta Yiqun works on AI research at Meta, where teams are pushing the frontier on wearables, generative models, and the next generation of AI-powered devices. He'll bring a builder's-eye view from inside one of the labs shaping what AI looks like at massive scale. Alex Rankin (Moderator) — Partner, January Capital Alex invests in and advises startups across the Asia-Pacific ecosystem, previously leading product strategy for TikTok's commerce expansion and holding senior roles at Alibaba's Lazada.