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Insights, profiles, and analysis from the Chinese AI ecosystem — founders building for global markets, the strategies they use, and the challenges they face.
From Tencent's AI Lab to Replacing Your Accountant
Mao Hua spent eight years building Tencent's AI systems — from IoT to voice to computer vision. Now he's in the US, turning a finance agent into a full-service accounting firm. His take on why the cloud is about to get radically simpler, and why your MacBook will run your company's AI within two years.
He Built Asia's Largest Startup Accelerator at Huawei. Now He's Replacing the SDR.
Leo Jiang went from BT and Vodafone to building Huawei's Spark program — 7,000+ startup applications across five continents. Then he left to build an AI sales agent. On why outbound sales is the perfect AI use case, why SaaS is ending, and why the future is agent-to-agent commerce.
The Case for Edge AI: From NIO's Data Center on Wheels to a Medical Device on a Desk
Hu Chenchen went from Tsinghua professor to Xilinx Asia CTO to NIO's chief expert to AI startup founder. His thesis: the last decade belonged to the cloud, but the next decade belongs to the edge. A medical AI device that costs 1/20th the power and 1/60th the volume just proved him right.
What Singapore's EDB Actually Tells AI Founders About Setting Up Here
I brought an AI infrastructure founder to meet EDB. Practical takeaways on EP applications, tax incentives, and why most founders get the order wrong.
How an AI Company Became Singapore's 6th Largest Egg Trader
Five people, 2,000 restaurants, and a WhatsApp-first supply chain. The most interesting AI company in Singapore sells eggs.
Why Maritime Needs AI Brokers, Not Platforms
Shipping isn't Manbang for the ocean. A Singapore startup shows why AI optimization beats marketplace matching.