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Where the Smartest AI Investors Are Putting Their Money
Episode 48
Tuesday, 16 December, 2025

As this year sets a $200B record for AI funding, Esther Wong and Antoine Blondeau debate over the future of AI investing at Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK Festival 2025.Wong is a former SenseTime executive and one of Asia’s leading AI infrastructure investors, and Blondeau is an early OpenAI investor and a pioneer behind the foundational technology that became Siri.The two investors sit down with Anthony Sar and tackle the biggest question shaping AI investing today: will the real returns come from AI infrastructure or AI applications?It’s a rare, unfiltered look at how the smartest people in AI are thinking today.Connect with us here: Esther Wong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esther-wong-76a6a410a/Antoine Blondeau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoineblondeau/Anthony Sar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonysar/Finoverse: https://www.linkedin.com/company/finnovasia/Timestamps00:00 Trailer00:55 Introduction02:14 Current State of AI Investment04:19 Infrastructure vs. Application Layer06:38 Future of AI and Investment Strategies19:03 Advice for New AI Investors24:13 Final Thoughts and Advice for Founders Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.