Should You Build for the West While Living in the East? Can you build a Western-facing tech startup while living in Southeast Asia? Explore the cost benefits, timezone challenges, and legal trade-offs of running lean from the East.
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Should You Build for the West While Living in the East? Can you build a Western-facing tech startup while living in Southeast Asia? Explore the cost benefits, timezone challenges, and legal trade-offs of running lean from the East.
Fundraising in Thailand as a Foreign Founder: A Dead End? A blunt analysis of the real barriers facing foreign founders trying to raise startup capital in Thailand. Explore the legal, cultural, and structural limits of building a VC-backed company here—and the workarounds that might still make it possible.
Google Cloud Accelerator Thailand: A New Chapter for Thai AI Startups Inside Google’s TH.AI Leaders Accelerator for AI startups in Thailand: cloud credits, technical mentorship, Gen AI tooling, and how it could reshape the Thai tech ecosystem.
Incorporating a Tech Business in Thailand: What I Learned Learn how a foreign founder set up a Thai company, navigated the SMART Visa, partnered with locals, and structured shares under Thai law—all while avoiding legal pitfalls.
Smart Visa vs. Destination Thailand Visa: A Startup Perspective Confused between Thailand's SMART Visa and the new DTV? This guide breaks down the pros, cons, and use cases of each for startup founders and remote workers.
Thailand Internet Infrastructure: Good Enough to Run a Tech Business? Is Thailand's internet fast and stable enough for tech startups, AI workloads, or remote-first companies? We evaluate ISPs, broadband pricing, 5G coverage, and uptime for startup founders in Thailand.
Why I Chose Chiang Mai to Launch My AI Startup Explore why Chiang Mai is becoming a compelling base for AI startups. From infrastructure to cost efficiency, here's why this Thai city outperforms expectations for founders.
Why Most Software Startups Shouldn’t Raise Money Most software startups don’t need venture capital. This guide walks through the real trade-offs, including dilution, misaligned growth, and why bootstrapping might be a better path.
LLM Fine-Tuning vs Prompt Engineering: When to Customize, When to Instruct Understand the differences between prompt engineering and fine-tuning for large language models. This case study explores use cases, trade-offs, and how to choose the right strategy for your AI application.
Thailand SMART Visa S: A Complete Guide for Foreign Startup Founders A comprehensive, practical guide to understanding and applying for the Thailand SMART Visa 'S'—from incorporation and partner selection to pitch decks and documentation. Ideal for AI, biotech, and tech startup founders looking to build from Thailand.
Tchaikovsky: Real-Time AI Symbolic Music Generation via ABC Notation in a Web-Based DAW How Tchaikovsky combines natural language prompts, ABC notation, and a browser-based DAW to deliver real-time, editable symbolic music generation.
A Guide for Thailand Tech Venture Capital for AI Start-Ups A research-backed guide for AI and tech founders raising capital in Thailand. Covers VC firms, angel investors, CVCs, and funding strategies for startups building in deep tech.
Coming Soon: Reactivid Launching in 2026, Reactivid is a next-generation AI platform that transforms educational scripts into complete explainer videos—generated from text, voice, and static visuals using a hands-on AI workflow.
Introducing Influent Space Explore how Influent Space combines AI scoring, dashboards, and real-time tutor sessions to help students master IELTS and other English exams.
Introducing Tchaikovsky: An AI Studio for Composers Tchaikovsky is an AI-powered music composition platform that transforms text prompts into editable MIDI, bridging creative vision with structured output. Built for modern creators.
www.greenlightstudio.co Green Light Studio is a Chiang Mai-based media and creative services agency focused on branding, video, and client storytelling.
www.influent.space Influent Space is an AI-powered platform for IELTS and English language exam preparation, combining feedback automation and live tutoring.
www.reactivid.com Reactivid is a generative video platform for turning scripts into explainer content using AI. Coming in 2026.
www.tchaikovsky.cloud Tchaikovsky is an AI-powered music platform that generates MIDI compositions from natural language prompts using ABC notation and web-based DAW tools.
We’re Live: Introducing Broken Duck Media Broken Duck Media is now live. Based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, we're building AI-first creative tools for music, language learning, and real-time media production.