Embracing Singularity is a podcast where we explore how AI is reshaping business, value, and the future of humanity at the edge of technological transformation.
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Why Embracing Singularity
We are investors + founders + friends who have built, exited and invested in multi-billion dollar businesses across the US, China and Southeast Asia
Critically, we are passionate about technology and the future of humanity and want to build organisations that will thrive even as AI commoditises technology
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We are at an inflection point
AI will commoditize intelligence
We can use AI to build human-centered systems
If so, we should embrace the future of AI and singularity
Meet Your Podcasters
We are friends, humanists, geeks who are seeking to make sense of and drive value in an AI world
Humanistic Geek
Peng T. Ong
Peng is venture building defensible AI-powered companies that will change how we live. He is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of VC firm Monk’s Hill Ventures, operating out of Southeast Asia. Prior to Monk’s Hill Ventures, he was a Venture Partner at GSR Ventures in China.
As an entrepreneur, Peng co-founded a series of successful companies including Match.com, Interwoven and Encentuate, whose products even today combined generate over USD$1 billion in revenues annually.
Peng was awarded Singapore's Public Service Medal in 2012. He formerly held board directorships in statutory and public company boards, including: ACE, IIPL, SUTD, NRF, IE Singapore, IMDA, SingTel and YY. Peng is currently the Chair of SolveEducation! and serves as a member of the International Advisory Board for the University of Texas at Austin.
He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois. Even though he had dropped out of the Ph.D. program, Peng was inducted to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, College of Engineering's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2016.
Geeky Humanist
Wei Qing JEN
Wei Qing is the CEO and cofounder of Vybes, a leading social commerce platform in Southeast Asia, funded by Peak XV (formerly Sequoia) and DSG Consumer.
Prior to Vybes, Wei Qing was an investor with Temasek (a US$300 billion fund), where she was part of the China team responsible for early stage investments in decacorns such as Alibaba and Xiaomi. She was also responsible for government relations, where she worked with senior government leaders to foster innovation. Before living in China, Wei Qing started her career with McKinsey in New York advising Fortune 500 companies.
Wei Qing has served on many non-profit boards and societies, including the Stanford Alumni Club of Singapore, Financial Women's Association of San Francisco, and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce's Career Women's Group.
She earned a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University and an M.A. in East Asian Studies from Harvard University.
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