Aniah · CEO Strategy Review
01 / 18
June 1 — 5, 2026 · Taipei
One Week.
One Table.
One Asia Entry.
COMPUTEX is the trade show. InnoVEX is the stage.
The French Chamber Gala on June 5 is where the contracts begin.
ICTGC Batch 4 Winner
Center Stage · Jun 2
ICTGC Pavilion · Booth S0724 · Jun 2 – 5, all day
Gala · Jun 5 · Grand Hyatt
The Strategic Bet
02 / 18
20 seats. 3.5 hours.
A rare convergence.
Every Monday-through-Thursday activity is designed to make the Friday evening conversations count.
The Investment
20
Curated guests on two Aniah tables
5 NVIDIA · 2 Novatek · 2 MediaTek · 1 Alcyon · 2 Siemens · 1 Synopsys · 1 Leafy Lab · 1 NDC · 1 NYCU · 2 consultants · 2 Aniah
The Opportunity
3.5h
Uninterrupted, seated access
Priority customer, partner and government contacts together in one room — concentration that would otherwise require many separate Hsinchu visits across Q3 and Q4 to assemble.
What we aim for
5 · 1 · 1
Targets, not commitments
Aim: 5 priority POC conversations qualified · 1 partner exploration opened · 1 government-track conversation initiated. Each is a credible path toward a paid POC and a meaningful 2026 pipeline opportunity — to be earned, not assumed.
The Week
03 / 18
All roads lead to Friday.
ICTGC Pavilion · Booth S0724 · open all four days, Tue Jun 2 – Fri Jun 5
MON01JUN
11:00InnoVEX rehearsal · Center Stage run-through
23:00+OneCheck work meeting · HQ sync
TUE02JUN
00:00Aniah review with NVIDIA George
All dayICTGC Pavilion opens · Booth S0724 · first NVIDIA / MediaTek / Novatek contact
13:30Maxpro Ventures · relationship only biomedical, not semi
15:00 – 18:00ICTGC Award Ceremony + Center Stage pitch · PR moment #1
WED03JUN
All dayICTGC Pavilion · Booth S0724 staffed
12:00 – 14:00OneCheck demo · Hsinchu cohort (incl. EricH from NVIDIA)
14:00 – 15:30Best AI Award pitch Conflict overlaps Realtek 15:00 · split team
15:00 – 15:30Realtek CSO 1:1 · SerDes PHY positioning
17:00 – 17:30CMSC President · design-services channel
19:00 – 21:00InnoVEX 2026 Night Party · Taipei 101 · informal Gala warm-up
THU04JUN
All dayICTGC Pavilion · Booth S0724 staffed
11:00 – 12:00Media interview · primary PR placement of the week
19:00 – 22:00French Tech Night · Taiwan Tech Arena · CCIFT + BFT warm-up
23:00+Sanjay & Blandine · Grenoble HQ sync
FRI05JUN
All dayBooth S0724 · last-day demos · Gala primer with attendees
12:00 – 14:00OneCheck demo · Taipei cohort · pre-Gala technical hook
19:00 – 22:00★ 2026 GALA · Grand Hyatt Taipei · CLOSING TIME
Booth→Center Stage→Hsinchu demo→1:1s→GALA
Why the Gala matters most
04 / 18
The booth creates awareness.
The Gala creates contracts.
A booth conversation: 4 minutes, standing, noisy. The Gala: 3.5 hours, seated, every name hand-picked.
01 · Time Density
3.5 uninterrupted hours
Equivalent to 40+ booth conversations or 20 Hsinchu lunches. With the right seating, the CEO has a 5-minute exchange with every guest.
02 · Convergence
Five stakeholder types. One room.
Buyer · Designer · Government · Partner · Investor. Normally these are five separate sales motions. Social proof compounds when they sit together.
03 · The Bridge
June 10 NVIDIA HQ workshop starts here.
Eric Hsu flew from the US. By Friday he's seen our roadmap, our trophy, our team, our stakeholders. That's the foundation 6/10 is built on.
The Gala is not the celebration of the week. It is the operating moment of the week.
The Gala Table · Decoded
05 / 18
20 seats. 5 strategic clusters.
Customers
9
NVIDIA × 5 · Novatek × 2 · MediaTek × 2 · Alcyon × 1
Partners
4
Siemens × 2 · Synopsys × 1 · Leafy Lab × 1
Gov / Academia
2
NDC Deputy Minister · NYCU/ASVA Professor
Consultants
2
Ex-MediaTek CAD Director · Ex-Synopsys AE Director
Aniah
2
Vincent (CTO seat: Kevin) · Allen · 1:9 ratio held
Seating logic
Don't cluster by company. Cluster by deal-stage and curiosity. Pair an NVIDIA verification engineer with a Novatek IP director — they don't compete, they share pain.
What not to do
- Don't pitch product. Booth is for product. Gala is for trust.
- Don't sit Siemens next to Synopsys.
- Don't seat Maxpro near customers — wrong audience.
Customer · NVIDIA (5 seats)
06 / 18
NVIDIA is the keystone.
5 seats. 4 functions. 1 workshop on June 10.
YH
Yi-Chieh HuangDesign Director · the buyer
EH
Eric Hsu · "EricH"Senior CAD Engineer · flew from US · the EDA kingpin
GL
Gabriel LeeSenior Verification Engineer · daily user
VW
Venser WangSenior Verification Engineer · daily user
YW
Yoyo WuSenior SOC Engineer · application bridge
Public signal
NVIDIA is hiring aggressively for Mixed-Signal SVE, DDR-PHY, high-speed SerDes. Cross-domain ERC is the unsolved bottleneck.
The EricH arc
Tue 6/2
Booth
Wed 6/3
Demo
Fri 6/5
Gala
Tue 6/10
HQ workshop
→ POC
The ask
Chiplet / HBM cross-domain ERC pilot. One block, scale to a top-of-stack SoC. Insert into FY27 signoff methodology refresh.
Customer · Taiwan IDMs (4 seats)
07 / 18
Novatek + MediaTek = Hsinchu pull-through.
N
Novatek
OLED TDDI · Automotive DDIC · Edge AI SoC
CP
ChunpoIP Design Manager
The angle
HV ↔ LV cross-domain crossings, PWM dimming, AEC-Q100 reliability — OneCheck's sweet spot. Ramping OLED TDDI mass production; pushing automotive DDIC to 20% revenue by 2027.
The ask
Single-IP POC on a DDIC block. Joint Display Week 2027 case study.
M
MediaTek
Flagship SoC just taped out on TSMC N2
XV
XavierVerification Manager TBC
NL
Nicky LiangDesign Flow Researcher
The angle
Public Calibre PERC reference customer. Don't pitch replacement. Pitch shift-left: design-stage check in Virtuoso, hours not days, no rule-deck maintenance.
The ask
Upstream methodology pilot. Benjamin Chiu (ex-MediaTek CAD Director) is the internal door.
CEO line: "We don't replace Calibre. We make Calibre's runtime irrelevant — by catching 90% of bugs before signoff."
Customer · Mixed-Signal Frontier
08 / 18
Realtek + Alcyon = the new design surface.
R
Realtek
Networking · Audio codec · Multimedia SoCRealtek CSO meeting is Wed 6/3. Gala continues the relationship, doesn't start it. The wedge: SerDes PHY verification — power-supply noise into analog, crosstalk, mixed-signal integration burden.
The ask
SerDes PHY block POC. Joint white paper on cross-domain noise & floating-gate detection for high-speed networking ICs.
A
Alcyon Photonics Note spelling
Silicon photonics PDK · Tower SiPh IPSC
Shake ChangPhotonics Engineer
Taiwan is the global epicenter of co-packaged optics (CPO). Driver-CMOS ↔ photonic-die cross-domain reliability is white-space — no incumbent solves it cleanly.
The ask
Joint research note on CPO ERC. Position Aniah as the only ERC vendor talking electro-optic crossings before mid-2027.
Partner · The Big EDA (3 seats)
09 / 18
Why we invited our competitors.
Aniah is shift-left, in Virtuoso, before signoff. Siemens and Synopsys own signoff. Properly framed, we are additive — not a threat.
DL
Daniel LinTaiwan President, Siemens PLM
NL
Nina LinCountry Manager, Siemens EDA
NL
Nasser LinSenior R&D Director
Sept 2025: Synopsys scaled IC Validator PERC for TSMC N2P full-path ESD. They know ERC is hot.
Why this is leverage
- Insight Analyzer (Siemens-acquired 2023) is our closest competitor
- Their leadership at our table while we close NVIDIA & MediaTek = signal
- The realistic win: co-sell framework, not partnership announcement
"Good" Friday night = 15-min chat with Nina Lin about referring OneCheck where Calibre runtime is the blocker. No commitments needed — only the option to follow up Monday.
Partner · ICTGC Co-winner
10 / 18
Leafy Lab — partner, not competitor.
AY
Ariel YehCEO & Founder · Leafy Lab · from the US
Why she's at our table
- Both ICTGC Batch 4 winners (2026) — 11 selected from 209 proposals across 38 countries
- Leafy Lab: agentic AI for silicon — "first-time silicon success <5%, 6mo per rework"
- Same vocabulary. Different layer of the stack.
The thesis
An AI agent on top of OneCheck.
Leafy Lab orchestrates verification flows. OneCheck is the highest-yield ERC primitive their agents could invoke. Together: a multi-startup AI-EDA narrative that punches above either company's weight in Taiwan.
The ask
- 30-minute technical follow-up within 2 weeks
- Joint Asia GTM proposal · 1 co-event in 2H 2026
- Letter of Intent before end of June
Government + Academia (2 seats)
11 / 18
Two seats. A five-year Taipei runway.
FJ
Dr. Fang-guan Jan
Deputy Minister · National Development CouncilNDC boosted the 2026 budget for semiconductors and AI. Runs Startup Island TAIWAN + Silicon Valley Hub. Career civil servant since 2014.
The ask
- Formal recognition path under Asia Silicon Valley 3.0
- Soft-landing for Taipei office expansion
- Inclusion in next Taiwan-Europe semiconductor delegation
CW
Dr. Charles Wen Verify CDO title
Distinguished Professor · NYCU · ASVA consultantNYCU is the top EE/CS school feeding MediaTek, Novatek, Realtek. ASVA executes Taiwan's Asia Silicon Valley policy. Charles bridges both.
The ask
- NYCU curriculum module on AI-driven ERC (Aniah-sponsored)
- Internship + new-grad pipeline into Taipei office
- ASVA endorsement — symbolic, but matters with NDC
Consultants · Door-Openers (2 seats)
12 / 18
Not buyers. Navigators.
BC
Benjamin Chiu
Former MediaTek CAD DirectorWhat he unlocks
- MediaTek internal politics — who decides ERC tool pilots
- 6-month TSMC N2 ramp roadmap
- Warm intros above Xavier
Cadence
Weekly 30-min call · quarterly in-person.
DH
Daw Hsu
30 years supporting TSMC · Former Synopsys AE DirectorWhat he unlocks
- TSMC backchannel — 30-year AE relationships across foundry sign-off, qualification, and EDA partnership teams
- Foundry rule-deck pull-through — the mechanism by which OneCheck becomes ecosystem-standard, not account-by-account
- TSMC reference-architecture inclusion + sign-off methodology playbook
- Synopsys ICV PERC competitive playbook — pricing, packaging, defense
Cadence
Monthly briefing · pulled in pre-TSMC and pre-Big-3 meetings.
If Daw opens TSMC, the entire fabless ecosystem follows.
Why two consultants at the Gala matter: they hear what guests say after Aniah leaves the conversation. The Sunday Jun 7 debrief is half the value.
The Touchpoint Ladder
13 / 18
By Friday night, every guest has seen us 2–4 times.
The Gala only converts because the week has done the warming.
Guest
Tue · Booth + Ceremony
Wed · Demo / 1:1
Thu · French Tech Night
Fri · Booth
Fri · GALA
Eric Hsu (NVIDIA)
Booth + Ceremony
Hsinchu demo
Booth day-3
GALA
Yi-Chieh Huang (NVIDIA)
Booth + Ceremony
Hsinchu demo
GALA
NVIDIA × 3 (verif/SOC)
Booth
Hsinchu demo
GALA
Novatek × 2
Booth
Hsinchu demo
GALA
MediaTek × 2
Booth
Taipei demo
GALA
Alcyon
Booth
Taipei demo
GALA
Siemens × 2
Booth (casual)
French Tech Night
GALA
Synopsys (Nasser)
Booth (casual)
French Tech Night
GALA
Leafy Lab (Ariel)
Booth + Pavilion
Booth day-3
GALA
NDC + NYCU
Ceremony
French Tech Night
GALA
The Asks · By Person
14 / 18
Ten specific commitments.
| Account | Person | Ask | Owner | By when |
|---|
| NVIDIA | Yi-Chieh Huang | Chiplet/HBM cross-domain ERC POC · 1 block | Vincent + Allen | Jun 30 |
| NVIDIA | Eric Hsu | 6/10 HQ workshop → POC scoping doc | Allen | Jun 17 |
| MediaTek | Xavier / Nicky | Upstream methodology pilot · 1 quarter | Kevin + Benjamin | Jul 31 |
| Novatek | Pete / Chunpo | DDIC single-IP POC · Display Week '27 paper | Allen | Jul 15 |
| Realtek | CSO + Shake | SerDes PHY POC · joint white paper | Kevin | Aug 1 |
| Alcyon | Shake Chang | CPO joint research note | Kevin | Sep 30 |
| Siemens | Nina Lin | Exploratory call · shift-left complementarity | Vincent | Jun 20 |
| Synopsys | Nasser Lin | Exploratory call · Virtuoso → ICV handoff | Vincent | Jun 20 |
| Leafy Lab | Ariel Yeh | LOI · agent-on-OneCheck + joint Asia GTM | Vincent | Jun 30 |
| NDC + NYCU | Dr. Jan · Dr. Wen | ASVA endorsement + NYCU recruiting pipeline | Allen | Jul 31 |
| TSMC | via Daw Hsu | Backchannel intro · foundry rule-deck pull-through scoping | Vincent + Daw | Aug 15 |
Discipline: these are the only commitments we chase. Everything else is relationship-only.
What we say all week
15 / 18
One narrative. Four headlines.
Headline 1
"ERC is the analog tape-out bottleneck the Big 3 never fixed."
50%+ of advanced-node respins are mixed-signal. Calibre PERC takes days. Insight is Siemens' 2023 catch-up.
Headline 2
"AI in EDA is digital P&R. Analog ERC is the white space — and we own it."
Cerebrus, DSO.ai, AgentEngineer all optimize digital. Nobody else has reasoned transistor-level electrical rules with AI.
Headline 3
"Shift-left. In Virtuoso. No rule coding."
19M transistors in <5 seconds. ERC moves from a 2-day signoff gate to a live design-stage check.
Headline 4
"Foundry-neutral European challenger. Already shipping."
STMicro + Prophesee references. Series A from Supernova + Bpifrance. ICTGC Batch 4 winner.
Proof-points to memorize: 1000× speed · 19M tx in <5s · 50%+ AMS-driven respins · 90%+ Big-3 share · ICTGC 11 of 209 / 38 countries.
Media Plan
16 / 18
Three placements. One narrative.
Thu Jun 4 · 11:00 interview
Confirm outlet before Tuesday
Targets, in order: DIGITIMES Asia → EE Times Taiwan → Focus Taiwan.
Three quotes to land
- "ERC is the bottleneck nobody talks about."
- "AI in EDA is mostly digital. We brought it to analog first."
- "Europe has a sovereign verification story."
LinkedIn cadence
Fix the time mismatch first
Post says 2:00–5:30 PM. Calendar shows 15:00–18:00. Verify before publishing. @-tag NSTC, TCA, InnoVEX.
Three posts
- Mon Jun 1 — announcement
- Wed Jun 3 evening — Center Stage recap
- Sun Jun 7 — gratitude · photos · early wins
Post-week sequence
Compound the week
- SemiWiki — AmigoAI + Virtuoso flow (late June)
- eeNews Europe — France-Taiwan EDA op-ed (July)
- Focus Taiwan — "After Foxconn-Thales, EDA is next" (August)
Amplifiers: Eva Leihener-Stefan (CCIFT Chair) · Franck Paris (BFT Director) · Antoine Aubel (Business France).
KPIs · Judged Sunday Jun 7
17 / 18
What "great" looks like.
Commercial
Priority POC commits (verbal)5 of 5
Partner framework conversations≥ 1 of 2
Leafy Lab LOIDrafted, exchanged
Booth-qualified leads (Asia)≥ 50
Consultant engagement letters2 of 2
Strategic
Gov / academia tracks initiatedNDC + NYCU
Tier-1 media placements≥ 3
Jun 10 NVIDIA HQ workshop readyScoping doc done
Gala thank-you notes20 / 20 in 48h
CEO board updateDrafted Mon Jun 8
Failure modes
- Letting the booth eat the relationship — keep Vincent + Kevin free for 1:1s that matter
- Going too hard on Siemens / Synopsys — preserve optionality, they're partners this week, competitors next year
- Forgetting the consultants are listening — debrief Benjamin + Daw on Sunday Jun 7
After Friday · The 30-Day Plan
18 / 18
The Gala isn't the end.
It's the kickoff.
48 hours
- 20 personalized thank-yous
- LinkedIn gratitude post
- Internal debrief with consultants
- CEO board update note
Week +1 · Jun 8–14
- Tailored POC scoping per priority account
- Jun 10 · NVIDIA HQ workshop
- Siemens / Synopsys calls
- DIGITIMES placement live
Week +2 · Jun 15–21
- Leafy Lab LOI signed
- MediaTek pilot intro via Benjamin
- Novatek DDIC POC kickoff
- NDC / ASVA submission drafted
Weeks 3–4
- 5 POCs scoped · 3 contracted
- EE Times deep-dive published
- Aniah HQ all-hands wrap
- Plan COMPUTEX 2027
We bought 20 seats. We're not paying for dinner. We're paying for the first six months of Aniah's Asia book of business.