About Augustin Chan
CTO and founder of Digital Rain Technologies. Enterprise architecture background at Informatica and Dun & Bradstreet, now building systems that reason — across culture, operations, and enterprise governance.
Co-host of the Hong Kong AI Podcast. B.S. Cognitive Science (Computation), UC San Diego.
Current Projects
Crawlopen-source
Pre-migration intelligence for legacy system modernization
Automated discovery, risk scoring, and planning for legacy systems. Every data migration fails at the same step — understanding what you have. Crawl uses AI to solve that.
ARA-Evalopen-source · Apache 2.0
Autonomous Risk Assessment for AI agents
Framework for decomposing autonomous AI risk into 7 dimensions. Produces risk fingerprints (not scores) and applies deterministic gating rules. Built for Hong Kong financial services regulation (HKMA, SFC, PCPD). Collaboration with IRAI Labs.
8-Bit Oracle
Tech-noir I-Ching counselor | Consensus HK Hackathon Winner
The I-Ching through the lens of retro computing and science fiction. Multilingual divination with voice interaction, Web3 wallet integration, and live Polymarket event consultation.
Six Lines
iOS app for the I-Ching as literature and philosophy
Bilingual hexagram reference with classical commentary and public domain masterwork art.
Ridgeline
Expedition provisioning for Outward Bound Hong Kong
Decision engine that calculates food provisioning for multi-day wilderness expeditions — shelf-life sequencing, dietary substitution, calorie adequacy checks. Built for a supply officer's phone at 320px.
QDayAnon
AI research platform for quantum computing content
DSPy voice evolution, agent workflows, and 170+ curated research papers.
Open Source
Digital Rain Technologies
ARA-Eval and Crawl are developed in the open under the Digital Rain Technologies GitHub org.
seeded-iching-engine
Deterministic, replayable hexagram generation
Seeded PRNG architecture extracted from 8-Bit Oracle. Same seed, same hexagram, forever. Designed for verifiable compute and reproducible AI workflows.
Plum Blossom ComputerConsensus HK 2026
On-chain verifiable I-Ching divination via cryptographic proof.
How I Work
I build surgical software — small, high-leverage tools built to solve exactly one problem well. The same design philosophy applies whether the domain is financial regulation, wilderness logistics, or classical Chinese literature.
Consulting
I help startups build their MVPs. Recent collaborations: People App and Travelbox.
Background
Informatica — Regional Development Architect for Master Data Management. Led enterprise architecture for Fortune 500 customers across APAC, MENA, and Europe. Enhanced core product performance (fuzzy match engine speedups) and resolved critical issues for global customers.
Dun & Bradstreet — Senior Consultant.
Education: B.S. Cognitive Science (Computation), UC San Diego | Bronx High School of Science
Speaking & Interviews
- 5-minute group divination demo — AI Tinkerers HK/GBA at HKCEC
- AI Agent technology discussion — with fullvaluedan
- 8-Bit Oracle deep-dive — influences, life story, nostalgia (with Eddylive)
For speaking inquiries, see the media kit.