The strange demise of China’s ChatGPT competitor
As ChatGPT is gaining popularity in China, competitors start to emerge. Readers of TheLowDown are probably familiar with the tendency of entrepreneurs in China...
What is in common between ChatGPT and Tesla, as far as...
ChatGPT has ignited the frenzy about the future of AI. Not only have consumers flocked to try the generative AI service, but also have...
Interview with CNA938’s Money Mind – Web3’s Brutal Year
Last month, Saniya Ramchandani appeared on CNA938’s Money Mind with Andrea Heng and Stanley Leong to tackle the elephant in the room - Web3’s...
How should tech navigate the turbulence of 2023?
We can all agree now that 2022, after the hangover of Covid-induced investment boom, was a great reckoning (read: brutal) year for tech companies...
Regulation of Web3 in 2023 Part 2 : What goes through...
In Part 1 of Regulation of Web3 in 2023, we analysed the macro logics, and anatomy of mismanagement of Web3 companies.    Here, in Part 2,...
[Seeing the unseen] Why are Chinese tech giants missing from the...
In 2015, Tencent sponsored the (Lunar) New Year Gala by CCTV, China’s state-owned broadcaster, to promote the WeChat payment.Â
The format, which is getting users...
Regulation of Web3 in 2023 Part 1: Macro logics, and anatomy...
The Web3 industry has come a long way since the emergence of Bitcoin in 2008. In our Off the Record: Web3 brutal year event...
Two ways corporations are using the blockchain without you noticing it
Last year’s turbulent year for cryptocurrencies did not go unnoticed. It all culminated in the dramatic downfall of FTX; today, we have naysayers say,...
Shopee shuts down Poland, effectively ending pandemic-era expansion
Shopee has exited all new markets it had entered during the pandemics
Event Recap: Off The Record: Web3’s brutal year (Part 1)
As Web3 sentiment is tied to crypto sentiment, the crash of several of crypto's biggest names this year has significantly impacted the public view...