Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟

Exploring the systems shaping modern life.
Agentic AI, work, business & culture.
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[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

AI is fun. But tinkering alone all day? A little less fun 😅

Started a casual Discord for AI tinkerers + builders to:
→ talk about the latest updates
→ brainstorm ideas
→ get feedback
→ share workflows + automations

There's about 20 of us now. A mix of founders, builders and people who are curious and just getting started. Mostly just a good space to vibe with others equally obsessed with AI.

The plan is to keep the community small allow comfortable and open conversations that contribute. Lurkers and sus individuals will be removed.

Leave a comment if you want in. Trying to avoid bots and minimize scammers.. Make sure your DMs are open!

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

Created a Discord for tinkerers. Let me know if you want in.

Just gathering a bunch of people who enjoy sharing their pursuit upgrading their lives with AI, agents and smart products.

The last time we had a meetup for Openclaw, alot of people enjoyed it and wanted more.

I haven't seen any meetups for Hermes in SG... Planning to organize one soon~

Let me know if you want in. 😉
For those not in SG, come hangout in voice chat!

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

Never in my life did I ever thought I would say this.

I used to fomo about clubs and parties but now I fomo about running.

Why is everyone on my socials running? Also why are all the fitness events and wellness spaces looking more fun than clubs now?

Am I having a midlife crisis or wut 🤣😭

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

@DRTnky The interior designer probably laughing to sleep every night 😅🤣

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

@abigbluebird Ya sia. 500k I get sudio apt and sleep on floor I ok one

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

@Arvinicus Ya I skip all because sleep score > world cup score. 😅

If it's the finals the whole neighbourhood will shout together so nobody will complain. 🤣

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

Damn. World Cup is not good for my heart rate. 😅

Sorry neighbours. I got a little excited.

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

Reasons to watch the world cup.

1. Every 4 years we get an excuse to meet friends every opportunity for a beer and go thru a rollercoaster of emotions together
2. The whole neighbourhood shouts together and no one will call police
3. You bond with the randomest people because you support the same team
4. Fun to have a shared global experience
5.

[yellowpanther (world cup prediction arc) 💎 @yellowpantherx]

I bought Japan shares to win the World Cup because of this tiktok edit of Keito Nakamura

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

He seriously got some mad reflexes and grip. 😅😅

[Triple M Footy @triplemfooty]

Australia has 59,700 kilometres of coastline and every centimetre has been protected by Pat Beach. 🧱🌟

The 22-year-old keeper makes EIGHT saves as the Socceroos open their World Cup with a 2-0 win over Türkiye. GET IN 🇦🇺

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

@USDTabby @CyberRobooo Hahah that's what my husband said 😭

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

In the interview with McKinsey, the chief digital officer at IKEA parent company Ingka Group, Parag Parekh shared this:

What we are seeing from the past two to three years is that the share of search has shifted drastically from traditional toward agentic search, which tells us customers are embracing the agentic experience.

For brands, showing up in those experiences is likely to become necessary. The unresolved question, which mirrors the historical tension between traditional search and brand-owned assets, is whether commerce ultimately gets captured on the agentic platform or redirected back to the brand.

That is the play that will unfold over the next two to five years. I would probably be naive to say exactly where it is going, but I believe there is interest on both sides to continue collaborating rather than polarizing one way or the other.

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

IKEA is getting ready for B2A?

IKEA's move into agentic AI goes far beyond chatbots.

Frontend:
• Personalized room design
• Home visualization with LiDAR
• AI-powered recommendations
• Faster design consultations

Backend:
• Inventory optimization
• Fulfillment across 400+ locations
• Workflow automation
• Employee productivity and training

The result isn't just lower costs.
It's a better customer experience.

Instead of asking customers what product they want, IKEA is building systems that understand the outcome they're trying to achieve.

A customer doesn't want a bookshelf, they want a better organized home.

They don't want a desk,they want a productive workspace.

The future of retail is no longer just about what customers want to buy, it's about achieving the outcomes with less decisions.

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

B2A is here.

Visa announced a deal with ChatGPT this week. The bot can now shops and pays for you. Not suggests. Actually buys.

The company that moves a third of the world's payments believes in B2A.

Stablecoins. Direct bank transfers. All of them could skip Visa entirely. So Visa made their pipes programmable to stay in the game.

Will I use it? Small stuff, sure.

I want to see what happens when an AI agent buys the wrong thing and I need my money back. What will the dispute be like?

The technology is ready. I am not sure I am.

Would you let ChatGPT shop for you? What is the first thing you would let it buy?

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

@thegreatola Can we also stop with the ai replies too 😅😅

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

B2A is here.

Visa announced a deal with ChatGPT this week. The bot can now shops and pays for you. Not suggests. Actually buys.

The company that moves a third of the world's payments believes in B2A.

Stablecoins. Direct bank transfers. All of them could skip Visa entirely. So Visa made their pipes programmable to stay in the game.

Will I use it? Small stuff, sure.

I want to see what happens when an AI agent buys the wrong thing and I need my money back. What will the dispute be like?

The technology is ready. I am not sure I am.

Would you let ChatGPT shop for you? What is the first thing you would let it buy?

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

@Aramisblue yeah when we start onboarding in waves, I guess next step is infra play

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

Maybe we're looking at this wrongly... AI isn't taking over jobs, its creating new roles.

Jobs are evolving.

This week, we saw reports of job cuts at Shopee as AI takes over parts of certain workflows.

At the same time, Applied Materials announced plans to create 1,000 new jobs in Singapore to support growing demand for semiconductor equipment and AI infrastructure.

Technological shifts rarely eliminate work altogether. They change where the work is, what skills are valuable, and how people can create value.

Some roles will disappear. New roles will emerge.

Existing roles will evolve.

The challenge is to adapt faster than it arrives.

[The Straits Times @straits_times]

Semicon giant Applied Materials opens $600m Singapore plant, adds 1,000 jobs amid AI chip boom https://t.co/ltFLBmb83D

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

@GammaVolvdy glad it resonated!

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

@USDTabby @abigbluebird now he can do ai ads also haha always ad placements everywhere

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

Singapore's first AI hybrid drama!

Even the drama producers have to adapt...

I guess this cuts costs without needing to prepare props, locations and staff just to get a scene..

Excited to see how it turns out.

[The Straits Times @straits_times]

Actor Christopher Lee to star in Singapore’s first AI-hybrid drama Crooks https://t.co/mKsV1cIUfB

[Natx Wang 🇸🇬🍟 @natxwang]

@abigbluebird I think the worst affected are those that just grad... depending on what they choose to specialize in..

the last 3 years of studying could have been replaced by AI.