Don't want to dunk on Singapore, but with the AI Engineer conference being in town, my timeline is flooded with delusional takes. The reality is that Singapore is mostly a trading hub. It's incredibly well-run, tax-friendly and great for young families. But it isn't some sort of technological utopia. The density of talent, ambition, and success is nowhere near what you would find in SF, NYC, London or Beijing. "But it's a massive market for Nvidia and Claude!". Yeah, it's a pass-through for China. How do you think the Chinese got their hands on AI chips? How do you think they distill models from OpenAI and Anthropic? "But what about Manus?". You mean the Chinese company? Whose founders are currently barred from leaving Beijing? For tech companies, Singapore is mostly a sales office for APAC. They may have some FDEs and devrels, but they don't do serious product or research work here.