I am Haichang (Charles) Li, a researcher and builder
. I am honored to have received an early investment opportunity from Prof. Zexiang Li's Shenzhen Innox. Previously, I was a founding member of Sounding.AI
, which is a startup raising 10M+ CNY to explore AI Agent systems. I also worked with Flowtica
and MiraclePlus
(formerly YC China), and collaborated with MEMO
. Currently, I am advised by Prof. Zhicong Lu, and was advised by ACM Distinguished Scientist/IEEE Fellow Prof. Yung-hsiang Lu during my undergraduate studies. My experiences span the real world and academia, shaping my passion for making something people want and a research focus oriented toward practical applications and productization ('From Paper to Product'
) in THE real world.
With a 0-to-1 background spanning AI Startups, Research, PM, and VC, I focus on the gaps between Research, Product, and Market. Previously, my work received the CES AI Best Innovation Award and the Purdue DUIRI, with features in Yahoo! Tech and Tech Xplore.
My research interests are currently focused on two core areas: Interactive Intelligence and Intelligent Interaction. Interactive Intelligence refers to enabling AI/Agents to better learn to understand humans and environments, and to engage in meaningful interactions. Intelligent Interaction involves leveraging the processing and representation of human and environmental data to build interactive systems that solve human needs.
I believe in the theory of Jobs-to-Be-Done. I think the essence of our products is the flow of value. The purpose of designing interactions is to solve users' needs, we should use the simplest ways we can think of to solve problems, by recursively finding the core tasks - just like the story of Henry Ford and the automobile replacing the horse-drawn carriage.
- "Low-Vision Programmers Can Now Design 3D Models Independently", IEEE Spectrum
- "New AI tool opens 3D modeling to blind and low-vision programmers", UMich News
- "ペン型AIレコーダー「Flowtica Scribe」レビュー 持たずに使え、図版も作る点に価値アリ!", Exciteニュース
- "At CES 2026, a Real Challenger Emerges in AI Recording: Flowtica Reconsiders Professional Note-Taking Through a Pen", Yahoo! Finance