Independent perspective. Hands-on experience.
I'm Tan Ji Sheng. I help founders and business leaders design and ship AI and blockchain products.
Engineer. Founder. Systems thinker.Based in Kuala Lumpur. Building beyond borders.
13years building
8years on-chain
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An AI system earns its place when it solves a real problem. I bring that question to the architecture, the product, and the way a team ships.
Built in-house at Playermon
A Telegram community agent built by my studio to converse with players and help moderate the community. Earlier, my work at Hexon Data brought smart-city analytics to two Malaysian local governments.
Explore the AI workStart with the workflow. Give the model a job, define its boundaries, and make its output useful to a person.
The interesting work starts below the token: consensus, ownership, migration, and what happens when something goes wrong.
Protocol development lead · from 2018
Led development of a public blockchain: consensus upgrades, wallets, explorers, and tokenization infrastructure. When the network wound down, the work included moving holders to a new chain.
Explore the protocol workDesign for the whole lifecycle. A responsible migration matters as much as a successful launch.
Technology is only part of delivery. Teams, incentives, and the decisions made under pressure determine what actually survives.
CEO · 2021–2025
Led a studio that grew to more than 60 people and shipped an NFT marketplace, SpaceDen, PvE and PvP games, and Space Invasion, including its Telegram mini-app port.
Read the full chapterA product needs a reason to exist after the incentives end. That experience shapes how I advise founders today.
My Playermon chapter ended in 2025. What it became after the handover is their chapter, not mine.
Building today
CEO, GamBit CustodyFractional by design. Independent advisory alongside.
GamBit Custody is regulated by Securities Commission Malaysia.
The open lab
Good engineering includes making things understandable. Explore the mechanics, change an input, and see what happens.
Explore interactive lessonsChange the message to see its hash change.
A reason to talk
Bring the hard question, the early idea, or the system that needs a second pair of eyes.
Make the next decision with confidence.
Technical feasibility, architecture risks, and a practical way forward.Give the ambition a working blueprint.
System architecture, prototype scope, and a roadmap your team can use.Bring technical judgment into the room.
Fractional leadership, team guidance, and independent advisory.Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThe person behind the systems
From campus radio to smart-city AI, a public blockchain, a game studio, and now digital-asset custody. Every chapter changed how I build.
I write down the lessons, including the difficult ones. Because the most useful thing experience can offer is better judgment.
Treasurer, Malaysia Blockchain Association
Previously Vice President, 2019–2025
Let's build with intent
Tell me where you are, what you’re aiming for,
and the question you haven’t answered yet.