THE ALDRICH VOL. I · NO. — · — · — PEK

Aldrich FYI

Beijing / Shenzhen builder by night. investor by day. UTC+8

backing founders at Hillhouse Investment — mostly ai agents and hardware. writing small tools after hours to make my own work a little sharper.

if you're making something you love, say hi. not picky about category. picky about point of view.

SECTION A

Between Cities

beijing and shenzhen, in rotation. occasionally in transit. have laptop, will show up.

SECTION B

Drawn To

  • a product that makes me put down my coffee.
  • a person who changes the temperature of a room.
  • an idea still turning over in my head on the walk home.

if any of that sounds like something you're making — or something you are — say hi.

SECTION C

Selected Portfolio

Hillhouse Investment Apr 2025 — Now · Early-Stage · AI / Tech
Led / Invested

Same.dev&Ami.dev

AI coding agents

Intent

AI messaging · WhatsApp-native

Pikaia&Trooly

voice-agent user research

Paperboy

ambient desktop · before you ask

Raizz

AI sleep · hardware + software

Executed

Domie

AI calendar device

YouWare

AI coding platform

Picaa

AI phone case

Vastnaut

exoskeleton

Scientific

personal CRM · second brain

BubbleFlow

spatial display speaker

Dify

agentic workflow platform

Garment

premium washer-dryer

RGB

next-gen content platform

Mazu

next-gen interactive content

HongShan Capital Group 2024 — 2025 · Multi-Stage · AI / Deep Tech
Led / Invested

Ouraca · Aibrary

personalized AI learning companion

Executed

Math Magic · 数美万物

AI 3D model generation

DeepLink

AI LinkedIn

RingConn

smart ring

Luxshare · 立讯精密

precision electronics

IGNIS

AI for Science · RL env

AgileX

embodied AI · robotics

f.k.a. Sequoia Capital China.

a fuller list lives on LinkedIn.

SECTION D

From the Desk

a few small tools i wrote to stop annoying myself. published in case they stop annoying you, too.

a daily newspaper tracking china-origin consumer hardware projects on Kickstarter — pre-launch, live, recently funded. cron at 08:00 Beijing. editorial design.
local-first ASR transcript editor with a compounding terminology library. bring your own model. python + sveltekit + sqlite.