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Southeast Asia

Operator Press's Asia desk reports on founders and software companies in Southeast Asia, with regular reporting from Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Singapore, Manila, and Ho Chi Minh City. Our regional coverage tends to focus on operators several years into a real business, not on people closing their first round.

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The Chiang Mai Cluster: Why Frontier AI Founders Are Relocating to Northern Thailand

Three operators, one city, and the quiet emergence of a Southeast Asian alternative to the San Francisco monoculture.

By Joon Park·Mar 25, 2026·9 min

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The New Vermont-to-Southeast-Asia Founder Pipeline

An unusual but increasingly visible career arc: practitioners who cut their teeth inside small US Northeast operating businesses, then base their second-act companies in Southeast Asia.

By Joon Park·May 20, 2026·8 min

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