About muShanghai

muShanghai is a month-long, builders-only unconference held at Alibaba HQ in Shanghai, organized by The Mu. The 2026 edition runs May 10 – Jun 6 with full-month campus access at Shanghai Future Tech City. The framing is unapologetic: "Builders Only. No Tourists." Tickets are 149 (119 early bird) and entry is gated by an application + review.

The structure is one weekly theme for four weeks — AI, biotech & longevity, robotics & hardware, and culture — each anchored by a flagship event (OpenClaw, the Longevity Market, the Underground Robot Fight Club, and a closing festival). Around the anchors are hackerhouses, factory tours, a builders market, workshops, and Mandarin / Kung fu classes; participants can also propose their own events via Luma with The Mu as co-host.

The pitch, distilled: spend a month immersed in the people and companies actually scaling Chinese tech — Alibaba, TikTok, Unitree, BYD, Xiaomi, Fudan, etc. — in the country doing the scaling, with other builders rather than spectators.

[2026-04-22] page created

• Compiled from the official site snapshot taken 2026-04-22.
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