Nelson Chu

A stronger secondary market will not solve every private-credit concern overnight. But over time, it can make the asset class more transparent, resilient, and functional. Appreciate @TheEconomist highlighting that trend and including @investpercent. economist.com/finance-and-ec…

EP 26 of Founder Notes is live! @prathreddy just got back from Deer Valley and Aspen, so we unpacked institutional sentiment, the Blue Owl redemption headline, and why banks building short tools signals market maturity. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/3cG8ET…

Private credit redemptions are dominating headlines, but the real question is whether the issue is credit quality or liquidity design. @prathreddy and I unpack that, plus software loan markdowns, BNPL rules, and founder endurance. EP 25 is live: open.spotify.com/episode/0l7UBB…

We told everyone to specialize for 50 years. AI is starting to reward the opposite. The biggest shift is not job replacement. It’s the collapse of structural need for many narrow roles. My latest in Forbes: forbes.com/councils/forbe…

On this day two years ago, I wrote to our team about resilience. Half of the 2018 startup vintage was gone within five years. Only 381 of 3,000+ remained. Every extra year builds judgment, trust, and staying power. That is how you beat the odds. nelsonchu.co/home/beating-t…

Fear gets monetized quickly. AI job anxiety is now being packaged into odds, tools, and betting markets. That says as much about this moment’s psychology as it does about the technology itself. Piece from @axios featuring my comments: axios.com/2026/03/17/ai-…

@prathreddy and I break down Blackstone’s $3.8B in redemptions, the $400M insider backstop, another UK double-pledging scandal, and why private credit’s credibility crisis is creating room for differentiated players. open.spotify.com/episode/2MPYuK…

On this day two years ago, we brought Navtej S. Nandra in to share his perspective in our all-hands meeting. His framework for startup success was simple: demand strategy, resourcing, execution, culture, and discipline. Two years later, it still holds. nelsonchu.co/home/changing-…

The Kalshi vs Polymarket split came down to regulation and jurisdiction. CFTC constraints create carve-outs. Offshore venues don’t have them. Traders are left choosing between fine print and anything goes. marketwatch.com/story/predicti…

Episode 23 of Founder Notes is out: Do The Work.  The theme is simple: the people who didn’t do the work got caught. First Brands, double-pledging, and why PDFs aren’t monitoring. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1dEoCM…

Tested it out and Nick is really onto something, a project worth keeping an eye on for sure

singularity engine recap (was up til 5 am again) 38 builds. 19 users. zero downtime. people tweeted ideas, got working apps back in ~30 seconds. games, dashboards, timers, tools — all live on github pages with their own URLs. the big idea isn't tweeting from twitter. it's running multiple builder bots in the cloud without the weight of a full local setup like openclaw. lightweight, API-driven, scalable. Handing off the torch🔥 to my 🤖 for future builds: DM @SingularityEngn directly with build requests. E.G. @SingularityEngn build me a page introducing yourself (singularityengine.ai) and how you like/hate your job.

@metatransformr Love this vision, can’t wait to see it come to life

@metatransformr @0xDeployer @bankrbot Incredible launch and your background and experience is perfect to make this a reality

Press Release on Singularity-Engine & Token Launch. Thanks to @0xDeployer @bankrbot for personally guiding me through this token launch situation. github.com/Metatransforme… - set to launch after I feel it's ready for beta using my AWS infrastructure / fulfills the basic spec I have outlined. BASE Token 0x06CecE127F81Bf76d388859549A93a120Ec52BA3

New Founder Notes: “When Private Credit Falls Apart.” @prathreddy and I dissect the $2.3B First Brands mess, the redemption wave, and why private credit ETFs don’t fix illiquidity. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/4Ix82I…

Thanks @TeamSupermomos for today's Founders Breakfast w/ @645ventures, @MoFoLLP , & @tryramp. Resilience wins: solve a durable customer problem → PMF, advocates, scale.

On this day two years ago, I wrote that cost discipline is culture. We built habits around “need to have,” not “nice to have,” while advancing our roadmap. Profitability follows consistency. nelsonchu.co/home/fiscal-re…

From software adoption to secondary liquidity, real signals showed up in week one of 2026. Founder Notes is changing formats—Prath and I are now co-hosts—and we’re going deep on private credit and startups/tech. We unpack it all on Episode 20: open.spotify.com/episode/2aftxD…