Sam Huang

Keven Wang, CEO of UnitX, shares his journey from arriving in the U.S. as a high school exchange student to building AI vision systems for factories around the world. In this conversation, he reflects on the influence of his parents, the lessons he learned from early startup attempts, and why ambition, persistence, and respect for the people who make physical products continue to shape his work.

We sit down with Steven Hong — co-founder of Kumu and Oculii, the AI radar and perception company acquired by Ambarella for $400 million — for a candid look at the path that took him from an academic childhood in Ohio to building and exiting deep-tech companies at the frontier of AI and autonomous systems. Hong reflects on the early influence of growing up as the son of an electrical engineering professor, the pivotal moments that pulled

Japanese manga now commands roughly 50% of the $2 billion US comics market and a staggering 76% of trade bookstore sales. While Marvel and DC doubled down on the “legacy code” of infinite, circular superhero narratives, Japanese creators captured Gen Z with a superior product architecture: linear, finite narratives defined by moral complexity and permanent consequence. This is a masterclass in market disruption, where a patient, 20-year customer acquisition strategy finally toppled the American