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AI labs are chasing a slice of the corporate pie in Southeast Asia

Issue No. 026 · October 12, 2026

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AI labs are chasing a slice of the corporate pie in Southeast Asia

AI labs are chasing a slice of the corporate pie in Southeast Asia

I’ve worked a lot with the Microsoft stack, and for a long time Excel was its staple. It gave Microsoft a foothold inside companies. Once a company ran its budgets, forecasts and operations in Excel, Microsoft could sell a lot of other products around it. It became embedded in the organisation. And after decades of […] The post AI labs ...

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Try This Week

Write a reusable prompt for a repeated task

Stop re-typing instructions. Identify one task you ask AI to do weekly - meeting notes, reply drafts, translations - and write a polished, reusable prompt with your context, tone, and format baked in. Save it in a notes app. A good personal prompt library compounds faster than any new tool.

Step by Step

  1. List your 3 most repeated AI tasks
  2. Write one full prompt: role + context + format + example
  3. Save it and use it twice this week
Estimated time: 20 minutes

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