Kyaw Tay Zar (Samuel)

I'm an indie maker and product manager living in Southeast Asia. I enjoy working on agentic AI, LLMs, product design and consumer apps, but I don't take myself too seriously.

I'm a lifelong learner, inconsistent reader, and constant experimenter. I'm currently building autonomous/semi-autonomous AI agents, consumer mobile apps, and playing with open-source AR glasses.

You can check out my work here. To get in touch, drop me a line. Please note I don't do calls or meetings.

I'm currently working on Pocket Qi (Codename), an iOS app to help people accumulate daily micro-resets and reclaim some peace in this ever busy world, anxiety-ridden world.

In early 2023, I started EKOS, an AI-assisted solo product studio exploring intersection of AI models, automation, agents and emerging LLM UX. After two years of experimenting, now I'm creating autonomous AI agents for businesses.

Prior to that, I was Director of Product & Acting CTO at a martech SaaS company from Singapore called GrowthHero/XPERX. I was the product owner and also led efforts in architecting and realizing the entirety of core products. Helmed the delivery of a polished market-ready MVP that saved the company 6 months of development time and approximately $80,000 in costs.

Between 2011 and late 2018, I was working in various agencies under The Big 5 Agencies, and at one point ran my own advertising & marketing firm.

I’ve worked with both regional and international companies, ranging from startups to Fortune 500s, across plethora of industries.