Kailu Guan is a designer and entrepreneur with a diverse background in AI-driven consumer beauty, tech-enabled fashion, and live commerce growth, all focused on making technology enjoyable and accessible.

Currently, Kailu is the co-founder of Solvia Foundry, a go-to-market consultancy that helps ambitious next generation consumer brands become global icons. Her clients include FlowerKnows, Momcozy, Unilever, PSYTONE, Badbinch TongTong, and other renowned major players in the Chinese and Asian markets. Solvia Foundry is an official Google Ecosystem Partner.

Before Solvia Foundry, Kailu co-founded HelloAva, an AI-powered platform for personalized skincare, partnered with over 80 brands, and secured a major deal with Unilever. Kailu has recently led growth marketing strategies for Popshop Live and introduced PSYTONE to the US marketplace.

Her past roles include positions at IDEO and Uniqlo, as well as founding KG Projects, an augmented reality fashion line featured at events like New York Fashion Week, SXSW, TechCrunch Disrupt, Le Révélateur d’Innovation in Paris, New York Textile Month, NYC Media Lab, and the MIT Media Lab. Kailu's work has been acknowledged by media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Yahoo!, TechCrunch, Cosmopolitan, Cheddar, Vogue Italia, Dezeen, and others. Kailu holds a BFA in Design from Parsons School of Design and has studied at Central Saint Martins.

Say hello: kailuguan@gmail.com