Richard Tong

Richard Tong

  • Role: Co-founder and CEO
  • Company: TNE.ai
  • Speaking as: Panellist
  • On stage: 3:15 PM

About the speaker

Richard Tong is co-founder and CEO of Total Neural Enterprises Pte Ltd (TNE.ai), a software company that helps regulated industries make their AI transformation. He has spent 10 years working in AI, and this is his third AI company. He was Corporate VP of Product Management for Windows, Office and Microsoft Servers, and then went on to co-found two venture capital firms in the US and Asia with over USD 12 billion in assets. He holds a BS EECS summa cum laude from Princeton University, an MBA and MSEE from Stanford University, and 14 patents in computer vision, autonomous vehicles and machine learning. He lectures, presents and works with boards, CxOs and heads of AI on making the right foundational bets for the future.

At D:NEXA 2026

Panel 3 — “Economics of AI Resilience: The Build vs. Rent Dilemma”

3:15 PM · Panel 3 · Main Stage

Passes

Reserve your seat for 29 October 2026

Delegate Pass · S$800

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