Augustin Chan is the CTO and founder of Digital Rain Technologies, building production AI systems including skill-based generative pipelines, cross-platform AI bots, and on-device ML applications.
Previously, Augustin served as Development Architect at Informatica for 12 years, leading enterprise architecture for Fortune 500 customers across APAC, MENA, and Europe. Before that, he was a Senior Consultant at Dun & Bradstreet.
Augustin holds a B.S. in Cognitive Science with Specialization in Computation from UC San Diego.
Essays
- Teaching Taste to an Agent (2026)
- The Junzi Hypothesis (2026)
- Seeded I-Ching Engine (2025)
- Memory Systems and the Graph That Wasn't (2025)
- LLM Reasoning Patterns and Failure Modes (2025)
- DSPy, Voice, and the Evolution of Authenticity (2025)
Short posts
Projects
- 8-Bit Oracle
- QDayAnon Research Platform
- Plum Blossom Computer (Consensus HK 2026)
- seeded-iching-engine (GitHub)
Speaking
- 5-minute group divination demo — AI Tinkerers HK (2025)
- AI Agent technology discussion — with fullvaluedan (2025)
- 8-Bit Oracle deep-dive — with Eddylive (2024)
Consulting
People App, Travelbox