Miro Lu sits down with David Isaac Mathews (Founder, AIPath.one) to unpack how an AI-native strategy engine models customers and competitors using a digital-twin approach, runs large-scale strategy simulations to pre-test ideas, and helps teams avoid shipping “busywork.”
Check Out The Best Parts:
06:11 - Good Ideas don’t pay the bills
20:43 - AI isn’t overhyped
24:19 - How trust in tech evolves
26:24 - The eternal tech optimist
36:04 - Qualities of a start up founder
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What You’ll Hear About
AI ≠ magic wand: Why AI multiplies whatever your HR/process already is.
From research to revenue: Connecting customer/competitor insight to build order and ROI.
Simulation at scale: Exploring up to millions of scenarios before committing cash.
Continuous customer discovery: Expectations shift, your strategy must, too.
Asia’s early-stage reality check: Investor caution, market size constraints, and where deeptech fits.
Consulting, reimagined: Service-as-software and lowering the cost of strategy.
Agents in B2B: Clear workflows → delightful automations (and where general agents still struggle).
Trust & privacy drift: Why people already “trust tech over family” and what that means.
In this Episode
0:00 - Introducing AIPath.one
03:04 - The “Unemployable” moment that sparked AIPath.one
06:03 - The core problem AIPath.one is trying to solve
06:52 - Why research falls behind: Customers change, competitors improve
12:53 - Negative perceptions of consultants
15:51 - Digital Twins, demystified: customers + competitors in one view
20:32 - Is AI overhyped? Not when used right
24:19 - Trust in technology evolves over time
26:24 - AI is just another type of really useful data
29:37 - Fifth Generation Singaporean?
31:14 - What stakeholders want to see in SEA
33:08 - Inside the start up ecosystem in Singapore
35:46 - Founder traits that matter: Humble, Adaptable, Always Updating
40:22 - What AIPath.one Needs Next
