About Oblique
Oblique is a curated lens on Southeast Asia’s evolving tech and startup ecosystem.
We don’t cover everything. We cover what matters—power moves, contrarian plays, and the deeper signals shaping tech, startups, and strategy across the region.
From sovereign AI infrastructure to fintech rails, talent shifts to policy pivots, Oblique connects the dots between what’s happening and what’s next. Our readers are founders, operators, investors, and ecosystem shapers looking for clarity—not noise.
Oblique sits at the intersection of commentary and curation. We’re not a news aggregator, and we’re not a hot take machine. We publish with intent, synthesize with context, and surface insight that cuts through hype.
What We Cover
- Startups & Scale – strategy, distribution, and how companies go from 0 to regional
- Tools & Infrastructure – from AI workflows to embedded finance stacks
- Talent & Work – the future of leadership, org design, and career growth in tech
- Policy & Regulation – how Southeast Asia’s regulatory shifts reshape innovation
- Capital & Consolidation – who’s getting funded, who’s folding, and why
Who It’s For
- Startup operators navigating growth or reinvention
- Founders trying to stay five steps ahead
- Investors scanning for deal flow and inflection points
- Tech professionals shaping their careers in a shifting economy
- Policy thinkers and regional ecosystem builders
Why “Oblique”?
We believe the most interesting ideas aren’t always in the headlines. They live in side angles, buried footnotes, or emerging contradictions.
Oblique exists to explore those angles—to connect the visible with the structural, the hype with the hard data, and the immediate with the enduring.
Publish With Us
We occasionally feature guest pieces, operator interviews, and original essays. Got a story, a signal, or a thesis worth sharing? Reach out.