November 5, 2025
The Real Match: Beating the Self That’s Afraid to Lose
Last month, while speaking with an editor from an international publication, she said to me, “Our theme for this issue i...
October 27, 2025
Niyam AI: The “AI Spellcheck” Saving Hardware Factories Billions
In one of the science parks somewhere in Taipei, the R&D building is still lit up in the dead of night. The blue lig...
October 14, 2025
Pharma 4.0: How AI Is Transforming the Future of Pharmaceuticals
Fifteen years and US$2 billion—that is the average time and cost of developing a new drug, with clinical trial success r...
October 13, 2025
What a Decade of Investing Taught Me
2025 marks the tenth anniversary of founding Cherubic Ventures. When I first stepped into early-stage investing, I belie...
September 15, 2025
Story Crafting Is the New Competitive Edge
While teaching a Leadership course at an international high school in Japan, I witnessed something that left a deep impr...
August 20, 2025
AI Is Not Merely a Technology, but a Strategic Cultural Asset
A while ago, I spoke with a foreign friend who has been a longtime entrepreneur in Japan, and we talked about his local ...
August 14, 2025
A Campus Conversation That Lingers
This summer, while visiting Columbia University, I struck up a casual conversation with a sophomore studying computer sc...
August 12, 2025
How Did Shisa.ai Create the Most Japanese-Proficient LLM with Just a Three-Person Team? Interview with Founder Jia Shen
In a restaurant on a Tokyo street, a foreign traveler points at the menu, trying to inquire in English: “Hi, just wonder...
July 17, 2025
If You’re Starting College in 2025
Dear Matt, Congratulations on starting college in 2025! I know you’re feeling both excited and a little overwhelmed righ...
July 16, 2025
“We Don’t Really Have Privacy”: How Terminal 3 Is Shaping a New Data Order. ——Interview with founder Gary Liu
“I can tell you that in the digital world, we don’t really have privacy,” said Gary Liu, founder of th...