// ABOUT THE SHOW
BUILT FORHONG KONG'SAICOMMUNITY.
We got tired of waiting for the big conferences and the LinkedIn posts. Hong Kong has incredible AI talent — people doing genuinely interesting work in research, fintech, robotics, spatial computing, healthcare, culture, and everything in between.
This show is about finding them and asking the questions nobody else is asking. How did you actually get here? What broke? What surprised you? What does the local scene feel like from where you’re standing?
// LATEST EPISODES
All episodes →I-Ching, Taste & Transparent Systems
Augustin Chan · CTO & Founder, Digital Rain Technologies
How AI Is Changing Who Gets to Build Software
Alexander Payne · CEO, SignalEight.ai
AI, IP & the Dark Secret Nobody Talks About
Michael Lin · Patent Attorney, IIPCC
Spatial Computing, Robotics & the Great Reversal
Nils Pihl · CEO, Auki Labs
Latent Space, World Models & What AI Actually Knows
William Gazeley · AI Researcher, IRAI
Legal AI, IP & the Engineer-Lawyer (Cantonese)
Kenneth Yip · Founder & General Counsel, MakeBell
Search, Tags & AI Comic Books
Michelangelo Mazzeschi · Search & Retrieval Engineer
Legal LLMs, Pre-Training & Custom AI Hardware
Jeremy Chow · Private M&A Lawyer & Legal AI Founder
Expert Systems, Agent Risk & the Fixer Economy
Ronald Yu · Co-founder, MakeBell; Visiting Fellow, CityU School of Law
// LATEST FROM THE BLOG
All articles →The Hong Kong AI Wall: Which US AI Tools Block HK and Why
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google all block Hong Kong from their AI services. Here's exactly what's blocked, what still works, and what HK developers are doing about it.
The HK Developer's AI Toolkit: What Actually Works Without a VPN
A practical guide to AI tools that work in Hong Kong without a VPN — from coding assistants to LLM APIs to self-hosted models.
Cursor in Hong Kong: Why It's the Go-To AI Coding IDE
Cursor works in Hong Kong without a VPN. Here's how Auto mode, model selection, and the Pro plan work — and what to watch out for.
OpenCode: The Open-Source Coding CLI That Works Everywhere
OpenCode is a free, open-source terminal coding assistant with MiniMax M2.5 included free. Works with any OpenAI-compatible API. No VPN required.
// THE CREW
Tanya
Main Host
The voice and vision of the show. Tanya brings curiosity, warmth, and a gift for asking the questions that get to the heart of things.
Aug
Co-Host
Jumps in when the conversation needs a different angle. Practitioner background — doesn’t shy away from the technical deep end.
Ricky
Director of Photography
The eye behind the lens. Ricky makes sure every conversation looks as good as it sounds — no studio, no problem.
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