THE BUILDERSThe people turning
TERMINUS DIALOGUESINDEPENDENT MINDS. REAL CONVERSATIONS.
Meet the builders.
Explore what’s next.
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Conversations with AI founders.
Understand the person behind the product.
Conversations with exceptional creators. Questions about humanity’s future.
FROM TERMINUS, THE WORLD LISTENS
HUMAN INSTINCT. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.↗THE CONVERSATION / ABOUT THE SHOWWhen human civilization
When human civilization
meets machine intelligence.
As machines join us in thinking, creating and deciding,
what do we want to carry into the future?
Terminus AI is an in-depth interview brand focused on AI founders. Terminus Dialogues starts with real products to explore user needs, product value, pivotal decisions and entrepreneurial experience. Through conversation, we help audiences understand the exceptional creators behind the products.
How we approach a conversation ↗PRODUCTS / JUDGMENT / HUMAN CHOICES
01 / THE QUESTIONS
Ask what really matters.
Everyday questions deserve thoughtful answers.
01Who uses your product, and why?
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Make the product clear. Use real situations to explain whose problem it solves, and how.
02What do you offer beyond a general-purpose AI model?
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Start with the product, explore real needs, and understand the founder’s judgment about where to go next.
03How did you find your first paying customer?
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Capture the details that reveal how technology becomes part of real life.
04What did you give up in your hardest decision?
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Revisit the thinking behind the decision: the experiments, doubts and turning points, and the questions still unanswered.
02 / IN CONVERSATIONFrom the product
From the product
to the person.
We seek people with real products, lived experience
and a mind of their own.
Make it clear
Explain through real situations:
whose problem does it solve?
Examine the choices
Revisit the reasoning:
why choose this path?
Keep the real details
Talk about experiments, doubts and turning points,
including questions still without answers.
03 / OUR ORIGINAt the edge,
At the edge,
a beginning.
Terminus takes its name from the planet in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. At the edge of the galaxy, it carries the hope of preserving knowledge, sustaining civilization and nurturing a new order.
A turning point in one era can become
the beginning of the next.
THE EDGE IS A BEGINNING.TERMINUS DIALOGUES / FAQ
About Terminus Dialogues
Our focus, how to participate and where to watch.
01Who does Terminus Dialogues focus on?
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We focus on AI founders, independent developers and emerging entrepreneurs, especially exceptional creators with real products, specific experiences and independent judgment.
02What do the interviews explore?
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We start with whose problem a product solves, then explore its value beyond general-purpose AI models, the first paying customer, pivotal decisions, experiments and turning points.
03How can I apply, nominate a guest or propose a collaboration?
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Email bd@terminusaitalk.com with an introduction to your project, a product link and an experience you would like to discuss. Guest nominations, topic suggestions and collaboration proposals are also welcome.
04Where can I watch the interviews?
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We plan to publish videos on Bilibili and YouTube, with ideas and highlights on Xiaohongshu. Official account links and episodes are not yet listed. Please refer to future announcements on this website.
05What does the name Terminus mean?
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The name draws on Terminus in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation: a planet at the edge of the galaxy associated with preserving knowledge and the hope of civilization’s renewal. This inspires our focus on creators and future possibilities.
04 / FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION
Find us where you feel at home.
Follow the interviews. Join the conversation.
01 / FEATURED CHANNEL
Xiaohongshu
Ideas, highlights and new discoveries.
Profile link coming soon02 / VIDEO
Bilibili
One question opens a whole conversation.
Profile link coming soon03 / GLOBAL
YouTube
Conversations beyond borders.
Channel link coming soonSTART A CONVERSATIONYour story.
Your story.
A conversation worth having.
FOUNDER SUBMISSIONS / GUEST NOMINATIONS / IDEAS & COLLABORATIONS
bd@terminusaitalk.com ↗
Tell us about your project and an experience you would like to share.
WeChat contact coming soon