Friends and family have been sharing these snapshots with me over the past few days, which has been a heartwarming surprise.
The print copies are now making their way to mailboxes and lobbies across Bangkok, my home town.
Thank you for the thoughtful messages and encouragement. It’s much appreciated. And a special nod to the Masala Magazine Thailand team for the December feature. I’m truly grateful.
Thrilled to dive deep into marketing strategies, web3 innovations, and AI breakthroughs with fellow B2B founders and operators on Saturday night.
Plus a spotlight on Lisa, our game-changing AI Agent that sparked some wonderful panel discussion.
Huge thanks to @VantageAppMkt and @w3ap_io for hosting a great event!
I was recently interviewed by Masala Magazine, Thailand’s leading magazine for the Indian community.
They asked about my experience working in B2B, how I stay grounded amidst intense work, and what advice I have for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Special thanks to my family, friends, backers, and current/former team members. It’s still day 1, especially with Lisa, our AI Agent for B2B sales, taking center stage. Onwards!
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Lisa is *joining* several B2B companies in 2026. From manufacturing to financial to digital sectors, Lisa is thrilled to support founders and business developers with lead generation ⚡️
Quick recap:
- Lisa has access to 200m+ contacts
- She reaches out to prospects via email
- She schedules meetings automatically
**to start the New Year with an AI Agent on your squad, please reach out and claim your early-bird discount 🤝
On AffiConnect, you can give Lisa access to your Gmail account, allowing her to send emails to potential clients and partners on your behalf.
What else would you like Lisa to do for you?
AffiConnect now allows users to share their profiles with each other via QR code 🤝
Meeting someone at an event? Scan their @AffiConnect QR code to gain access to their bio and chat with them (or let them scan yours)!
We’re also happy to share that Lisa, our AI BD Agent, is coming to AffiConnect this December to help businesses scale email outbound!
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AffiConnect exists to help B2B companies with AI-powered lead generation. If you’re interested to learn more, please reach out!
Every B2B company will have an AI BDR
Her name is *Lisa*
Today, we know hybrid as remote + in-office
Tomorrow, we’ll know hybrid as human + AI
“Hey bro, are you guys hybrid?”
“Yes, we’ve got 3 people + Lisa, you?”
“Same bro. She’s awesome”
Lisa is the AI BDR that every B2B company needs — her goal is to book more client calls
She finds leads, emails them, chats with them, qualifies them, and schedules meetings onto your calendar
In the UI, you’ll see 3 integrations:
→ Resend for email automation
→ Calendly for meeting automation
→ OpenAI for intelligence (LLM calls)
These are just some of the many integrations that make Lisa awesome
You just need to get on the call
Live in December
All future teams will be Human-AI
We often ask…
“what is the full potential of Lisa (AI BDR)?”
“how many times more effective is she and can she be than a human BDR?”
“how do we ensure that human BDRs see her as complimentary — not competitive?”
“how do we make her more intelligent every day?”
We don’t have all the right answers right now, but I want to make sure we’re asking the right questions.
What else should we be asking?
PS - have you ever thought about onboarding an AI BDR to assist your team? how do you feel about it?
Introducing LISA — Your AI BDR
Lisa is everything you wish for in a good BDR (business development representative).
For B2B teams, business development is one of the most important tasks.
We’ve designed Lisa to be an extension to founders and operators of B2B companies.
Simply input some details, then Lisa, who has access to millions of profiles, will start speaking to prospects and filling your calendar with meetings!
Lisa will be accessible to all PRO users via our app ‘Affi Connect’ from December 2025.
As a serial founder of B2B companies — Albatross (video agency that delivered to Apple, Netflix, and Airbnb), Brandface 1.0 (influencer platform that delivered to Decathlon, Stabilo, and Flash Express), and Affi Network (loyalty platform that partnered with Polygon Studios, IBC Group, and Cointelegraph) — I can say that we’ve spent a lot of time on BD!
Some strategies were highly efficient and others were costly — thankfully, we’ve packaged all the intelligence and automation into a single product! She also gets better over time!
If you’re a B2B founder or BD manager that needs Lisa on your team like I do, please comment “Lisa” to join the waitlist.
The era of AI employees is now.
The Bitkub Summit 2025 gave me mixed emotions. Here are my reviews:
1. 50k+ people attended, showing huge interest in crypto amongst Thai’s (this is great)
2. Tickets were free, so shouldn’t be compared to large crypto events like Token2049, which attracts 25k+ people
3. Most of the attendees were curious to learn - a lot were students, enthusiasts, aspiring builders, retail traders, and passerby’s versus established builders or institutional investors
4. A lot of other categories got clubbed in, such as AI and longevity (crypto volatility burned a lot of retailers so this could be the organizer’s way of attracting more exhibitors and attendees)
Overall, I’m glad that there are crypto events of this scale happening in Thailand and that education is happening quickly.
We can expect more tech startup founders to emerge from these types of events.
Here are a few ways I think they could’ve done better:
1. Push for adoption, not just education (NFT tickets, crypto-related missions; claim this free token and exchange it for your coffee, play & earn games, gamify with actual merchants/exhibitors, etc)
2. Attract international builders. Builders can revive blockchains (think Polymarket on Polygon). KUB chain could use some international action. What would it take to put Bitkub & Thailand on the global stage? A few ideas: A) position as a distribution channel for large foreign defi protocols into Thailand (attracting Thai liquidity via KUB incentives), B) piggyback the new 0% tax laws to attract foreign builders to relocate + build, C) fund more local builders + provide mentorship to increase the nation’s output and reputation
3. Use Affi Connect. Someone came to me at the event and said “I wish everyone here was on your app - it would be way better”. It’s true. Attendees would’ve had a way better networking experience. I believe the value of an event is in the connections you make — for both exhibitors and attendees. Now imagine having to shake 50,000 hands to identify 10 relevant business connections? Highly inefficient and actually impossible. Affi Connect solves this. Users can simply browse professionals nearby (like Tinder for Biz Partnerships) and send messages. We partner with events for free.
Overall, I had mixed feelings because on one hand, I was happy to see Thailand hitting a high number of attendees. However, on the other hand, I saw that we could improve on the quality of attendees. We need more movers & shakers (founders & investors), not just enthusiasts!
PS - I’m in no way affiliated with Bitkub. What I care most about here is advancing Thailand and the ecosystem as a whole. From the crypto lens, Bitkub is probably Thailand’s best shot (as it stands). As a startup guy who has followed their journey, I’m also cheering for them to win big, especially because they’ve faced adversity against a local conglomerate. It would be a big win for the Thai startup ecosystem and could lead to the “Bitkub Mafia” (PayPal reference, iykyk).
Lately, I’ve been using in-person events as a platform to *build in public*
To most, building in public means publishing frequently about your company’s progress
I’m trying to take it a step further by announcing new product features at 3rd-party events
This helps us get raw feedback, awareness, and in this case, some follow-up meetings
Thanks once again Avalanche Team1 & Binance Thailand for giving us the stage
Thanks to Avalanche Team1 & Binance Thailand for giving us the spotlight on Friday
This time, I unveiled our Affi Connect Agent to a room of founders, investors, and KOLs
The AI Agent’s goal is to help founders and BDRs make quality *connections* and book more qualified meetings
What I did not expect: Halloween decoration, karaoke stage, friends in the audience
Thanks all for joining!
A & I: the only two vowels in “Diwali” 🪔
This Diwali, I’m glad to share that we have started developing the Affi Connect Agent 💥
As a premium subscriber of @AffiConnect, you will soon be able to use our AI-powered matching engine to grow your network more efficiently 🪄
On this Festival of Lights, we wish our friends, family, and community good health, happiness, and prosperity as we light up the sky ✨
PS - This is my son’s first Diwali, and coincidentally, the two vowels present in his name are also A & I 🚀🚀
who’s going to @blockfestafrica?
have you already created your profile on AffiConnect.me? it’s free to sign up and you can discover and chat with Blockf3st attendees beforehand! 🫡
We’ve just made a product update 👇
Affi Network V3.1.0 introduces a more efficient tracking and payout system for loyalty incentives and rewards.
RoboAffi, our event tracking and payout bot, has become more efficient as we’ve rewritten the code to enhance the real-time claim experience for users.
We’ll be pushing some campaigns out for the entire Affi Ecosystem, which includes reward programs for @Affi_Network, @AffiConnect, and $AFFI token.
We’ll also be supporting some of our new clients such as @winstantgold and @XcareApp launch their rewards program this month.
If you’re curious about launching a rewards program for your business, please get in touch for more info and a free trial!
PS - AI has become a big part of our workflow. It helps us with so many things, such as making our code more efficient and secure. How do you use AI?
@token2049@DonaldJTrumpJr@MarioNawfal great to see our investor @MarioNawfal getting so much attention at token2049. if you’re still around, please check out our latest networking tool: afficonnect.me - create your profile and find crypto friends around you! 🫶
The largest TOKEN2049 yet hosts sessions across 5 stages.
From The Forum – a closed doors session on American Bitcoin with @DonaldJTrumpJr, @MarioNawfal, and Mike Ho.
yesterday marked 1 month since we launched our X account 🫶
since then, we have:
- built our app from scratch
- worked with focus groups
- rebuilt our app after usability tests
- formed strategic alliances
- launched our app
- generated revenue
- iterated based on feedback
- redeployed a new version
- spoke on stage regarding this topic
- attended 20+ relevant events
- scheduled meetings with 10+ VCs
and we’re just getting started! in this day and age, speed is your biggest moat!
how do you think we spent the last 30 days? how should we spend the next 30?
ps - to everyone we crossed paths with — thank YOU! and to anyone who contributed — a BIG THANK YOU!