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EP12June 8, 2026~53 min

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

Jacky Man
Co-Founder, Mastermock

Jacky Man (文梓軒) — Co-Founder of Mastermock, an AI question generation platform for educators. HKU double-degree student in BBA (Entrepreneurship) and Engineering (Computer Science). Drives taxi part-time to sustain his startup. Won a HK$300K government startup grant through competitive pitching. Previously managed a 10-person team before learning the hard way that a lean 2-person team ships better.

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About This Episode

Jacky Man (文梓軒) is a 22-year-old HKU double-degree student who co-founded Mastermock — an AI-powered exam question generator that helps teachers save four hours a week on paper-setting. He drives a taxi at night to fund his zero-revenue startup, pitched his way through dozens of rejections to land a government grant, scaled from ten employees down to two (and got better results), and still finds time to hunt for a girlfriend. A raw, honest look at what it's like to be young, broke, and building in Hong Kong's AI scene.

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