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Real conversations with the people building Hong Kong's AI future. No hype. No gatekeeping. Just practitioners telling their actual story.

// 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

New episodes every Monday, 6AM HKT

All episodes
EP17

The Recovering AI Skeptic

Daniel Sarosi · Founder, Great Wall Connect

August 31, 2026
EP16

Compliance AI, Improv, and Running Your Own Models

Andy Green · Founder, Three Points Compliance

August 24, 2026
EP15

Apple Park, AI as Clay & Saying No

Hanley Leung · Founder, Taiso AI · Lunatechs HK

June 29, 2026
EP14

Floppy Disks, Language Models & the I-Ching (Cantonese)

Dr. Bruce Cheung · Head of College of Life Sciences and Technology, HKU SPACE

June 22, 2026
EP13

Brain Mapping, Refugee Privacy & Cantonese Tones

Marcus Leiwe · Founder, Leiwe and Partners

June 15, 2026
EP12

Taxi Driver by Night, AI Startup Founder by Day (Cantonese)

Jacky Man · Co-Founder, Mastermock

June 8, 2026

// LATEST FROM THE BLOG

All articles
Practitioner Guides12 min read

I held a legacy Cursor plan for a year. Its own docs say it expires at my next renewal

500 requests a month, then usage-based billing, then an apology with unlimited Auto attached — then Auto metered five weeks later. A sourced timeline of every Cursor pricing change since 2025, and what a grandfathered seat is actually worth now: less than a new one.

The HK AI Stack16 min read

My Claude Code quota died. I finished the week on Qwen Cloud — and it cost me exactly this much

When my Claude Code quota died mid-week, I pointed it at Qwen Cloud's Token Plan and kept working. The console gave me receipts: 356 million tokens in one day, one 403, and a one-line env var quietly deciding half the bill.

HK AI Scene6 min read

Taste, Judgment & Building AI Products: What We Learned at the Snowball Panel

At Snowball Asia's April 2026 event in Hong Kong, two AI practitioners with very different backgrounds talked about why payments took two months, agentic features took two days, and why taste is the hardest thing to teach.

The HK AI Stack8 min read

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 CREW

Tanya
HOST

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

Aug

Co-Host

Jumps in when the conversation needs a different angle. Practitioner background — doesn’t shy away from the technical deep end.

Ricky
CAMERA

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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