Vietnam 🤝 Creators

This week: $95B creators, hungry VCs & old-school media.

Sep 3 • Salil Bajaj

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August 2026

100,000 Creator Army For Korean Brands

The story behind the platform building one of Korea’s biggest creator networks

Aug 26 • Salil Bajaj

Hasan Minhaj Goes Bollywood

Two best friends. One dance team. And a lot of Bollywood drama.

Aug 20 • Salil Bajaj

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The Arab World’s Most Powerful Family Business You've Never Heard Of

This is the story of the invisible business behind the brands you see every day, and how one Arab family built an institution that has lasted four…

Aug 17 • THIRD

I Can’t Stop Thinking About Frank Lloyd Wright in Baghdad

And what a city’s abandoned plans can tell us about the current business of building for a future you cannot see.

Aug 16 • Chaymae Samir

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Can Creators Fix Dating?

Then I found a dating show that never existed

Aug 12 • Salil Bajaj

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The Business of Curiosity

Saudi rabbit holes, $2 million from a video and what we’re building next

Aug 9 • Chaymae Samir

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When Farmers Become...Creators

Three Stories Defining the Creator Economy This Week

Aug 5 • Salil Bajaj

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July 2026

Every AI Agent Needs Memory: 40K Developers, $20K ARR, $800K Pre-Seed 💾

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Jul 31 • THIRD

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The Creator Economy Has A New Frontier

And the West hasn't noticed yet.

Jul 29 • Salil Bajaj

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May 2026

The $2 Trillion Empire That Started With An Ignored Telegram

The West remembers the Americans who found the oil but tends to forget the Saudis who built everything after that.

May 10 • Chaymae Samir

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April 2026

Why Dubai Makes the West Uncomfortable

On the politics of selective outrage and who gets to decide what counts as culture.

Apr 26 • Chaymae Samir

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