LinkSphere链界
The AI-native operating layer for cross-border business connections.
Not a directory, not a community — the intelligent infrastructure layer that proactively routes high-value business opportunities
Seed · SAFE · Raising $1.5M
Confidential — for discussion purposes only
Investment Thesis

Cross-border business connection is being rebuilt by AI

LinkSphere is building the AI-native operating-system layer for cross-border business connection — understanding intent in natural language, proactively matching resources, and continuously pushing high-value opportunities.

Proactive routing

AI understands intent and proactively pushes matches, instead of passively waiting to be searched.

Zero human bottleneck

A non-manual matching model — the platform strengthens itself as it scales.

WeChat-native

Runs inside the user's existing workflow — zero-friction reach.

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The Problem

Cross-border connection is still fragmented, closed, and inefficient

Cross-border deal-making depends on who you happen to know — discovery is manual, trust is unverifiable, and nothing compounds.

Reliant on WeChat groups

Information is siloed — can't be searched, indexed, or reused at scale.

Passive waiting

No smart matching — you rely on introductions or luck.

High-value opportunities wasted

Quality resource updates never proactively reach the people who need them.

The bottleneck isn't supply. It's the connection layer.

Every opportunity that dies in a group chat is demand the market never sees.

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Why Now

Three forces, converging at once

The AI moment for cross-border connection has arrived — technology, platform, and market are aligned for the first time.

01

AI intent understanding is ready

LLMs can now precisely parse vague business-need descriptions.

02

WeChat is the cross-border OS

But no AI layer yet turns in-WeChat business intent into proactive connections.

03

Supply chains are re-forming fast

New channels, markets, partnerships — strong demand, missing tools.

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AI Match · WeChat Agent · Opportunity Routing
I need a cross-border logistics or warehousing partner on the US West Coast.
✦ AI Match · 3 results
Huayang Cross-Border (LA)
West Coast · FBA freight · returns
★ 4.9 · 120+ brands served
TransLink Logistics (NY)
East Coast clearance · overseas WH
★ 4.8 · 85+ brands served
Suda Fulfillment (Dallas)
Central hub · 2-day nationwide
★ 4.7 · 60+ brands served
All three notified — they'll reach out within 24h ✓
Great — connect me with Huayang.

Ask in plain language.
The right connection comes to you.

01

User asks

Natural language, right inside WeChat

02

AI understands

Parses true intent, not keywords

03

Matches & routes

Finds supply, pushes to both sides

04

They connect

In-platform or in WeChat

No app to open. No habit to change. The connection layer lives where the relationships already are.
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How It Works

The whole engine in one picture

Demand 需求方 “I need a US warehouse” 用自然语言提出需求 Supply 供给方 “We just signed a celebrity” 发布高价值资源动态 AI Engine 理解意图 · 主动路由 Understand intent Match & rank resources Route opportunity to both Connection 达成连接 Both sides notified, connect in-app or WeChat Data layer 数据层 Every query & match sharpens the intent graph — the engine compounds. 每次交互都让匹配更聪明

Demand and supply enter from WeChat → AI understands and proactively routes → both sides connect instantly → every interaction becomes data that makes the next match smarter.

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Why We Are Different

Most platforms wait to be searched.
We route opportunities before anyone asks.

Proactive routing in action
A
An agency posts: "We just signed a celebrity."
↓   AI detects high-value supply   ↓
B
Users seeking that resource get a proactive nudge: "Want to connect?"

WeChat-native entry

Users never switch tools — a moat no Western platform has.

Intent, not keywords

AI understands what users actually need, then acts.

Two-sided push

Both supply and demand activated — not a one-way listing.

Traditional
Passive · closed · manual (groups, chambers, referrals)
Directories
Searchable but static, no proactive match
LinkSphere AI engine
Proactive · intent-aware · learning · WeChat-native
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Early Traction

Live product, paying users validating it

30+
Paying early users

Joined via the $1 founding-member plan, validating willingness to convert

$399
Standard annual price

$1 is a network-seeding move, not long-term pricing

18
Month goal

Become the AI-native OS layer for cross-border connection

The $1 founding membership is a network-seeding and conversion-validation strategy — proving users will pay for value, not a long-term pricing model.
08
Market Size

A large market — entered through a sharp, deep wedge.

TAM
SAM
SOM
TAMChinese cross-border e-commerce sellers
3M+
SAMActive China–US sellers needing resources
1.5M+
SOMReachable paying users · 3-year target
50K
50K × $399 ARPU ≈ $20M ARR

We win by owning one narrow wedge first: Chinese cross-border brands sourcing US resources. Seller base per industry data (Amazon ~1.5M active sellers globally, China 50%+).

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How We Scale

One engine, three axes of expansion.

Prove the AI routing engine on one wedge, then replicate it along three axes — same engine, unlimited scenarios.

Axis 1 · More categories

Same users, more needs

From logistics to Amazon/TikTok ops, KOLs, factories, legal & tax, payments, sourcing tools — each new category multiplies LTV.

Axis 2 · More geographies

Same model, new markets

After China–US, replicate to SEA (Shopee/Lazada), the Middle East, LatAm, Europe — each a new multi-million-seller pool.

Axis 3 · Up the value chain

From matching to transactions

Matching → commission → escrow → supply-chain finance → data products — from tool to infrastructure.

Data-intelligence product line · turning intent data into products
Demand Radar
Real-time demand signals
Industry Heat Board
Sector heat & trends
Regional Opportunity Map
Where the upside is
Supply-Demand Alert
Gaps & surpluses early
Category Recommender
The next category to enter
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Business Model

Subscription base. AI value-add on top. Data intelligence as the long-term moat.

Core revenue

Membership subscription

  • Annual plan, demand-side pays
  • Unlocks profiles, feed & AI matching
  • Standard $399 / year
Value-add revenue

AI priority match & exposure

  • Deeper, prioritized smart matching
  • Featured placement & intent exposure for providers
  • Pay-as-you-go, very high margin
Data-asset revenue

Data & intelligence products

  • Cross-border demand reports & industry index
  • Supply-demand gap insights, sold to brands & institutions
  • The bigger the platform, the more exclusive the data — a natural moat
>85%Gross margin (software)
≈$0CAC — organic / word of mouth
>10×LTV / CAC at standard price
Not a low-ARPU community — a connection engine with marketplace upside.
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Intelligence Flywheel

Every interaction makes the network smarter.

Matching
intelligence
Queries → intent graph
Posts → supply graph
Better routing
More connections

LinkSphere isn't just a platform — it's accumulating the only real-time map of cross-border business demand.

Demand insights

What the market is looking for, in real time.

Supply gaps

High-frequency needs no one is filling yet.

Intent advertising

Reach users at the moment of stated need.

Predictive matching

Anticipate needs before users even ask.

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The Ask & Use of Funds

$1.5M — not runway to survive on, but leverage to build the engine.

Every dollar compounds the product's intelligence, not the headcount — pushing it from "works" to "smarter the more it's used."

Round Seed
Structure SAFE or equity
Horizon 18-month runway
To build the AI engine and prove the growth flywheel
45%Product & AI

Natural-language intent, matching intelligence, opportunity routing, the WeChat agent, recommendation quality — the moat itself.

20%Engineering & Data

Event pipelines, recommender systems, data layer, behavioral analytics, routing, evaluation loop — the rails that let intelligence compound.

25%Growth & Network

Onboard high-quality supply & demand, partner with organizers, drive product-led growth via feed, events, and opportunity push.

10%G&A / Legal / Buffer

Keep the team lean but operationally durable — cross-border compliance and clean structure in place.

This round turns LinkSphere from an early platform into the AI-native operating layer for cross-border business connections.
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Get in Touch

Connections create connections — a growth flywheel that spins faster over time.

YL
Yang Li
Founder & CEO
Every connection makes the network smarter — the flywheel spins faster.
The earlier you enter, the longer it compounds.
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