About David Liew
AI Engineer & Builder with 10+ years building ventures from 0→1, implementing AI solutions, and scaling operations
I'm Dave—exploring how humans and AI work together. 10+ years of building taught me patterns that work. But I'm still discovering new ones. Each project teaches me something for the next.
Builder
4 ventures co-founded, S$1M+ in revenue growth, Michelin recognition
AI Engineer
Implementing human-AI collaboration systems across 3 active client projects
Explorer
Testing frameworks for the next generation navigating AI cohabitation
Three Languages
When I look back, my career only started making sense when I realized I'd been learning three languages—not spoken ones, but ways of thinking.
Numbers
Numbers taught me how to think about value—that's the language of the C-suite. Economics degree, trading, then Unity under the global CFO. I modeled their SaaS pricing pivot—translating unit economics into a story the board could act on. But I got curious: how do these numbers actually drive decisions on the ground?
Operating
Operating taught me to build the map while walking it—0-1 ownership, no playbook. At SG Code Campus as employee number one, I ran Google Ads, created a B2B vertical selling corporate workshops. Scaled from $100K to $2M. I learned to experiment my way forward—test, measure, learn, decide. But I hit a wall: I couldn't speak my dev team's language. I'd describe features, they'd build something different.
Systems
Systems gave me a technical awakening—how things actually work. General Assembly gave me code. At Meta, I joined right as SKAN 4.0 rolled out—two years in the weeds on signal loss, Conversions API, troubleshooting at scale. That's where I learned why attribution matters. But I understood the system—I was still waiting on engineers to ship. To solve problems today, I needed to build.
Full history on LinkedIn
The Force Multiplier
Then AI arrived—my force multiplier. Suddenly I could create, not just advise. My wife needed a clinic website—I shipped it in weeks, despite not touching React in years. That's when I knew: the three languages weren't separate. They were a foundation.
I started a prototyping business—testing if the market needed AI-assisted solutions. Entered two hackathons in a month—a decade-old ambition I'd never checked off.
The Languages in Motion
- • 2nd place, ElevenLabs Voice AI Hackathon
- • Solo build, Gemini API Developer Competition
- • 3 active client projects shipping with AI-assisted development
Current Focus
Context Engineering
Designing informational environments where human intuition and AI capabilities converge naturally. The art isn't in the prompts—it's in architecting the space where understanding emerges.
Voice-First AI
Exploring voice interfaces paired with real-time reasoning. 2nd place at ElevenLabs hackathon. Building toward latency-optimized SME applications.
What I Bring
Technical Depth
- • Full-stack development (Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python)
- • AI implementation & prompt engineering
- • System architecture & design
- • Database design & optimization
Business Acumen
- • 0→1 venture building experience
- • Operations & growth strategy
- • Product development & iteration
- • Revenue growth & sustainability
Unique Perspective
- • Human-AI complementarity design
- • Context engineering frameworks
- • Philosophical depth in technical work
- • ADHD-optimized workflows
"I navigate these worlds—and translate between them."
That's what I bring.