Scobleizer delays his China trip as Silicon Valley builders flock to Shenzhen hardware scene
Scobleizer · x · 2026-10-27
Robert Scoble notes that many people he knows are heading to China, and he has delayed his own Shenzhen trip to next year. The quoted Shenzhen fieldnotes (Day 1 of 15) serve up a hardware-builder's guide: DJI Sky City HQ, the InnoX Academy smart-hardware innovation campus, and Chaihuo Maker Space (Fab Lab). InnoX founder Prof. Zexiang Li has co-founded 140+ tech companies since 1999 — DJI, Narwal, EcoFlow, ePropulsion — with his ecosystem spanning 270+ companies including 4 listed firms and 12 unicorns. Silicon Valley builders touring Shenzhen's hardware ecosystem is becoming a trend.
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