CEO at Sekai
Lucky Zhang
Serial founders with exits to Apple and TikTok; Founded TikTok's largest rival in LatAm and was acquired by them; Built the largest local Spotify in SEA with 30m+ users
Questions & Answers
What problem or opportunity inspired you to start your company, and how has your vision evolved since then?
10 years ago, TikTok revolutionized the world by turning anything you can see into short video. Today, AI is turning everything you can imagine into interactive content. WHAT YOU IMAGINE IS WHAT YOU GET. It's also been a decade since I built startups in this area. I've realized: TikTok perfected passive content consumption. What's next is letting you live and interact with the content itself. Our vision: to empower you to experience endless lives.
What's a memorable 'aha' moment you've had while building your startup?
Our core users create over 100 pieces of content on Sekai, spending 8+ hours every day. We joked that they were putting in more hours than our team!
How is your team uniquely positioned to solve the problem you're tackling?
We’ve been in the TikTok space since its early days, repeatedly building platforms from scratch and scaling them to tens—and even hundreds—of millions of users across America, Southeast Asia, India, and China. After countless sleepless nights obsessing over how to improve, we’re now poised to shape the next generation of entertainment with AI.
