Our People
The team behind
First To Fly.
A team of ex-founders and seasoned operators who've built, scaled, and exited companies across Southeast Asia. We've been in the trenches, and now we're building the tools we wish we had.
Leadership
Founders building for founders
Every member of our leadership team has founded or co-founded a company. We bring real operator experience, not just engineering skill, to every product we build.
Kelvin Chng
Builder
Co-founded Carro, Singapore's first automotive unicorn, serving as CTO and CPO. Built the core systems that scaled the business to billions in annual revenue across multiple business lines and six countries. Previously worked in decision analytics and machine learning at SAS and Experian. 15+ years in the software industry.
Ravind Muniandy
Design & Product Strategy
Serial entrepreneur and product leader. Co-founded Nucleus (digital transformation for BMW, Sanofi Aventis) and Loadup (logistics aggregation) before joining Carro as Head of Product Design, leading high-scale systems across Southeast Asia. Deep expertise spanning logistics, automotive, and healthcare.
Engineering
The builders behind the product
Our engineering team are joining from established technology companies. Their profiles are kept private during the transition period and will be revealed at a later stage.
AI Architect
10+ years building AI-powered platforms serving millions of users worldwide. Raised millions in venture funding for proprietary AI technology. Pioneered AI automation reducing complex manual processes from days to hours. Scaled technology to global markets with 70+ international partnerships.
AI Architect
Technical architect behind proprietary AI engines that raised multi-million dollar VC funding. Led teams developing sophisticated AI engines for content recognition and automated processing. Expert in cross-platform scalability handling millions of concurrent users.
AI Engineer
Expert at engineering applications with AI and leveraging AI to accelerate development. Deep experience shipping production ML systems, building robust data pipelines, and real-time inference systems at scale.
AI Engineer
Skilled at building AI-native applications and using AI as a force multiplier across the development lifecycle. Strong track record delivering performant backend services, API platforms, and cloud infrastructure for AI-first products.
Join Us
We're looking for advisors, mentors & partners
Whether you bring deep expertise in vertical SaaS, AI infrastructure, scaling SME-focused products, or are looking to partner on opportunities across Southeast Asia, we'd love to hear from you.