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Meet the 16-year-old builder who caught Stripe’s attention

Meet the 16-year-old builder who caught Stripe’s attention

In The Backstory, Rexan Wong shares how a three-hour project became an app with half a million users.
Peter Cowan · · 5 min read
Skyroot’s frugal rocket formula and why it won’t follow SpaceX
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Skyroot’s frugal rocket formula and why it won’t follow SpaceX

India’s first spacetech unicorn made history with a successful orbital rocket launch. Facing bigger tests, its CEO looks back and ahead.
Samreen Ahmad · · 9 min read
Inside the buzzy world of forward-deployed engineers
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Inside the buzzy world of forward-deployed engineers

An OpenAI forward-deployed engineer explains what the buzzy role really involves, from client workshops to what makes an engagement succeed or fail.
Peter Cowan · · 6 min read
Silicon Valley VC J-Ventures closes $36m 3rd fund
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Silicon Valley VC J-Ventures closes $36m 3rd fund

J-Ventures caps individual commitments at US$500,000, turning away over US$15 million in excess.
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 1 min read
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Menlo Ventures raises record $3b fund

Menlo Ventures now manages over US$8.5 billion, up from US$1.35 billion in 2023.
Naomi Li Gan · · 1 min read

The chips SEA wants but can’t have

We explore why Southeast Asia can’t have Cerebras chips, what Anthropic’s access ban means for the region, and whether Patsnap’s LLM bet has paid off.
Peter Cowan · · 6 min read
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Microsoft-backed D-Matrix starts shipping AI chip

Corsair features 2GB of on-chip SRAM and targets memory-bandwidth-sensitive AI inference tasks.
Naomi Li Gan · · 1 min read
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How ‘hard mode’ became Southeast Asia’s AI advantage

For years, the region’s service-heavy culture looked like a weakness. But founders who survived this may now have the ultimate AI moat.
Sheji Ho · · 6 min read
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Nvidia rival Cerebras hits $95b market cap in Nasdaq debut

Cerebras reported a net income of US$88 million in 2025, reversing a loss from the previous year.
Diya Lal · · 2 min read
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VC founder outlines why he’s doubling down on Indian deeptech

AUM Ventures founding partner Chetan Mehta on India’s deeptech rise, where to build, and the challenges of raising capital.
Samreen Ahmad · · 8 min read