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The Drop
How Big Sky Capital and Astana Hub are helping startups scale across Southeast Asia’s technology ecosystem
How Big Sky Capital and Astana Hub are helping startups scale across Southeast Asia’s technology ecosystem
Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem continues attracting growing global attention as enterprise digital transformation, AI adoption, and infrastructure modernisation accelerate across the region. As markets mature, venture capital firms are increasingly looking beyond traditional technology hubs to identify emerging founders and support startups sca...
Agentic Frontier
Funding Tracker
Anthropic’s US$65B cheque redraws AI funding map
[Source: e27.co]
Launches
SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers
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One Thing to Try
The 'Act As' Prompt Framework
The fastest way to get better AI output: give the model a role before you ask your question. Instead of 'Write a business plan,' try 'Act as a Southeast Asian retail consultant with 10 years experience in Laos and Thailand. Write a business plan for...' The role primes the model with relevant context, tone, and expertise — and the results are dramatically better.
Step by Step
- Pick a specific role: Not just 'expert' — be specific. 'Act as a Lao-German logistics manager' beats 'be professional'.
- Add constraints: '...keep it under 300 words, use bullet points, and assume I know nothing about customs regulations.'
- Stack roles for complex tasks: 'First act as a market researcher and find 3 gaps. Then act as a copywriter and pitch each gap in one sentence.'
- Test the same question with and without the role — the difference will surprise you.
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