Kuan Yu

    Hey, I'm Kuan Yu.

    I build things — software, businesses, the occasional marathon. Trying to master AI agents right now.

    Currently shipping

    • AI Tax — making tax compliance invisible through AI. Live and seeking users.
    • Signal Noise — Chrome extension that filters noise from your X feed. In review.
    • Sales Outreach System — B2B pipeline automation with AI-powered prospect research
    • X-Poster — automated content publishing across platforms
    • Symbiote — an AI that whispers context into your ear during real conversations

    What's worked

    • E-commerce — top seller, China logistics mastered, profitable exit
    • Automation systems — turned 40hr weeks into 4hr weeks
    • 100+ project experiments. 2 shipped. More coming.
    • 5 marathons finished

    What hasn't

    • A few startups that went nowhere
    • Crypto arbitrage — built the bots, made a lot, lost it all
    • A 3D printing business I never pushed forward

    Based in Singapore. Building from Network School.

    If you're building something interesting, let's talk.

    Business Ventures

    A decade of building, scaling, and learning from real businesses

    2025

    A live, free AI-powered tax filing platform for Singapore SMEs. Upload your financial documents, let AI agents compute your taxes.

    8-agent AI orchestration systemFree for Singapore SMEsLive at aitax.sg
    Live platform serving Singapore SMEs
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    2024

    Transformed a Web3 marketing role into an automation laboratory, building AI-powered systems that could outperform entire marketing teams. This 10-month journey taught me how to automate anything, why comfort kills ambition, and ultimately led me to leave the golden handcuffs behind to build my own products.

    Built 5+ sophisticated automation systems100-200 automated KOL outreaches daily50+ SEO articles per month with AIManaged 25K+ Discord members with botsReduced 40hr/week tasks to 4hrs
    Left to build my own products
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    2020

    Built a thriving e-commerce business selling face masks and PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic, scaling from a small online store to a multi-platform operation with over 100 daily orders, eventually selling the business for a substantial exit.

    Revenue: $1M+Exit: Profitable
    Profitable exit after 2 years
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    2020

    A brief venture into 3D printed lithophanes - custom photo panels that reveal images when backlit. Built the website, integrated Stripe payments, sold to friends. Pivoted quickly when COVID created the e-commerce opportunity.

    Built luym.sg with photo upload systemIntegrated Stripe paymentsSold to friends successfullyQuick pivot when opportunity arose
    Pivoted to e-commerce
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    2018

    A venture into the cryptocurrency space that evolved from trading to software development, capitalizing on international arbitrage opportunities while navigating the volatile and often risky crypto landscape.

    Peak AUM: $2M+Exit: Profitable
    Successfully exited
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    2014

    My first venture into entrepreneurship through acquiring and managing a hostel business, complete with hard-earned lessons in operations, regulations, and resilience.

    Role: Co-founder & OperationsOutcome: Valuable Experience
    Closed with valuable lessons
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    Technical Projects Showcase

    Curated selection from 80+ projects built

    Productized professional-workflow venture — the AI Workflow School / WorkflowLab SG pivot.

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    Personal founder home-base / dashboard

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    This is a local prototype for the approved MVP workflow:

    Tech:typescript • typescript/react • html
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    Go-to-market and delivery lab for a private AI memory concierge service for privacy-conscious senior professionals.

    Tech:markdown • yaml
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    macOS-first local NanoClaw home assistant slice for Kuan

    Tech:typescript • shell • html
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    > Private

    Tech:typescript • shell • html
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    WhatsApp-based lead matching cockpit for SG property agents

    Tech:typescript • shell • html
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    Data Gov

    ACTIVE

    A local mirror of every dataset listed on data.gov.sg — not the raw data itself, but the full catalogue of what exists, who owns it, and how to reach it.

    Tech:typescript
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    Your medical history is scattered across clinics, labs, and apps that never talk to each other

    Tech:html
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    Autonomous B2B outreach engine

    Tech:typescript • typescript/react • shell
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    Live sales call AI

    Tech:python • html
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    Generate professional tax due diligence proposals with automated IRAS checks and fee calculations.

    Tech:javascript • html
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    Nsai

    FUNCTIONAL

    > Teaching people to use AI agents to get their goals done.

    Tech:markdown
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    Chrome extension to filter noise from X/Twitter feed using local AI

    Tech:chrome-extension • javascript • ai
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    This is a Next.js project bootstrapped with create-next-app.

    Tech:typescript/react • typescript • css
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    Tuition AI

    FUNCTIONAL

    Status: ✅ Fully Operational

    Tech:rust • html • shell
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    Network School Polymarket prediction-market experiment.

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    Company information scraper for sales prospecting

    Tech:typescript • typescript/react • python
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    A modern, animated landing page inspired by Rillet.com, built with Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and GSAP animations.

    Tech:typescript/react • typescript • css
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    AI invoice extraction/processing tool.

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    Gatsby-based personal blog with RPG-style tracking and project showcase

    Tech:javascript • html • typescript/react
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    Browser-only app that fills .pptx templates with double-curly variables; live at template-kuanyu.vercel.app.

    Tech:typescript
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    Sophisticated multi-account Twitter automation system with per-account knowledge bases, algorithmic quality scoring, anti-AI detection patterns, and 'Soul Imbuing' persona framework for authentic content generation.

    Tech:twitter • automation • ai
    Autonomous multi-account Twitter growth system with AI-powered content generation
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    AI-powered Telegram bot using LLAMA for real-time translation between English and Vietnamese in family chats.

    Tech:telegram • translation • LLAMA
    Bridging language barriers in real-time
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    Real-time automation bot handling competitive midnight bookings and scheduled check-ins for library seats.

    Tech:chrome extension • puppeteer • chromium
    Never missed a seat booking
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    Timchim

    ACTIVE

    Timchim is a local Telegram relationship-intelligence bot for two participants

    Tech:typescript • shell • html
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    Lead-gen app targeting accounting firms.

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    Shell-script meeting recorder that auto-detects meetings and auto-transcribes, matching MacWhisper Pro UX.

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    LinkedIn crawler targeting recently-laid-off Singapore professionals for personalized DM outreach.

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    Scrapes 123 SG vet clinics from the AVS registry and runs a pain-discovery outreach pipeline to book calls.

    Tech:typescript
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    Runcoach

    ACTIVE

    AI running coach turning Jack Daniels' VDOT plans into per-run coaching delivered to a Garmin watch.

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    Reusable scraper framework: per-site adapters with crawling, rate-limiting, contact extraction and JSONL export.

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    Autonomous 24/7 sales orchestration running a tmux-based three-tier AI agent hierarchy from discovery to close.

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    B2B sales outreach command center bundling a landing site, command-center UI and client POCs.

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    Static landing page for a Singapore B2B campaign booking paid AI Workflow Diagnostic calls.

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    TypeScript tool that exports and normalizes Apollo lead data for the outreach pipeline.

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    A diabetic family member's signals were spread across a glucose monitor, a wearable, and lab PDFs that nobody cross-referenced

    Tech:python • pandas • html
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    Chrollo

    ACTIVE

    Skill factory pipeline converting books, courses and videos into actionable Claude Code skills.

    Tech:typescript
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    Python computer-vision tool classifying opponent table-tennis serves (type/spin/landing) from video.

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    High-value healthcare/genomics engagement: a Patient Clinic Finder to coordinate IVF clinics with overseas genomics labs.

    Tech:rag • data • patient-navigation
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    Symbiote

    ACTIVE

    Cognitive augmentation system - AI-enhanced thinking and memory

    Tech:ai • productivity • augmentation
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    Chrome extension for visa application form autofill

    Tech:javascript • python • html
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    Cross-poster that sends messages to Telegram and X.

    Tech:typescript
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    X Poster

    ACTIVE

    Daily X/Twitter posting automation tool

    Tech:python • twitter • automation
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    Complete B2B sales infrastructure with automated lead scraping, 18-stage folder-based pipeline, and 24/7 AI-powered prospect research running on a VPS. Built for AITax.sg, designed to be generalizable.

    Tech:sales • outreach • ai-agents
    843+ prospects processed through 18-stage pipeline with autonomous AI agents
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    Chrome extension that uses 100% local AI to analyze and visually classify tweet quality in real-time, preserving complete privacy.

    Tech:chrome extension • ollama • local AI
    Filters 70% of noise from Twitter feed using local AI
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    Full-stack ride-sharing platform connecting Singapore-Malaysia commuters with real users and measurable impact.

    Tech:ride sharing • react • node.js
    30+ active users, 77% cost reduction
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    Deep web crawler extracting cryptocurrency project data with BFS algorithm and PDF parsing.

    Tech:web scraping • cryptocurrency • data collection
    100k+ data points collected
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    Sophisticated AI-driven social media automation with spreadsheet interface and multi-model support.

    Tech:Next.js • AI • TypeScript
    Multi-platform automation
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    Multi-platform AI content system with OpenAI/Anthropic integration for crypto projects.

    Tech:python • flask • sqlalchemy
    1000+ pieces generated
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    In-depth due diligence and analysis of a cleaning services business acquisition opportunity. Through site visits and stakeholder interviews, I uncovered the operational realities, financial complexities, and partnership dynamics that ultimately led to the decision not to proceed with the purchase.

    Tech:due diligence • business acquisition • service business
    Avoided $80k loss
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    Blockchain bot analyzing NFT rarity patterns to identify undervalued assets with instant Telegram alerts.

    Tech:NFT • trading • rarity analysis
    Real-time market opportunity detection
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    Explored building an AI-powered tax compliance solution, discovering the challenges of market fit between SMBs and MNCs, and the critical importance of domain expertise in regulated industries.

    Tech:AI • tax compliance • automation
    Led to TaxTag AI
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    Distributable Claude Code kit: drop a company CSV, get researched contacts and drafted personalized B2B outreach.

    Tech:typescript
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    Client workflow engagement nested inside AI Workflow School (workflowlab-sg customers).

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    AI-powered chatbot using OpenAI for intelligent customer service automation on e-commerce platform.

    Tech:customer service • chatbot • OpenAI
    Automated customer intent analysis
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