Livestreams, coaching & AI news, from Singapore
Building AI agents,
local models, and
AI workflows.
I build in public, live on YouTube and X, and teach what works through 1-on-1 coaching, team workshops, and Fractional CAIO advisory.
@melvindvivas on YouTube and X
Live on YouTube and X
I stream the real work: building AI agents, testing local models, and wiring up AI workflows, mistakes included. Join live, ask questions in chat, or catch the replays.
Open to brand collabsBuilding an AI product that fits the channel? Sponsored posts, demo videos, and livestream features.- Building AI agents live, from first prompt to working tool
- Running and evaluating local models on real hardware
- Wiring AI workflows into everyday tools
- Honest takes on the week's AI news and launches
- 25+
- years shipping software
- 1.5k+
- GitHub stars on the Codex orchestrator
- 300+
- people trained in workshops and mentoring
What I build and share
AI Agents
Autonomous agents with memory, tools, and skills that do the work, not just chat about it.
Local Models
Open models running on your own hardware, so proprietary data never leaves your walls.
AI Workflows
LLM pipelines and automations wired into the tools your team already runs every day.
Things I've shipped
All projectsOpen source · 1.5k+ stars
Codex Astra/Luna Orchestrator
Astra as the orchestrator, Luna for subagents, inside Codex.
Desktop app · v0.5.1
Coworker
Personal and work AI agents for non-technical people. Local and cloud models.
Open source · TypeScript
Local Evals
Eval app that runs locally against local models or any OpenAI-compatible API.
Open source · TypeScript
Agent Monitor
Visualize Codex and Claude Code subagents: traces, token breakdown, and cost.
Production SaaS
AI Dream Photo
GenAI photo generation and face cloning, used by paying customers.
AI engineering for businesses
AIBackends
My AI engineering brand: custom AI workflows, integrations, private AI, and production AI systems.
Installer · Docker
GAIA
Runs multiple private Hermes agents on one machine.
Marketplace
Skillsbento
Agent skills for Claude Code: analytics, research, finance, growth.
Open source · Go
Cursor Go SDK
Typed SDK for the Cursor Cloud Agents API with streaming and artifacts.
Melvin Vivas
AI Builder, Educator & Fractional CAIO · Singapore
Senior engineering roles at Standard Chartered Bank and Ohmyhome (Nasdaq), then a run of AI products built and shipped end to end. Now I build in public, explain AI in plain language, and coach people and teams on doing it themselves.
- 25 years across banking, fintech, and enterprise
- Speaker at NTU Singapore, PSIA, and DICT Philippines
- 300+ trained through workshops and mentoring
- Livestreams AI builds on YouTube and X
- Open-source maintainer: Codex orchestrator, Local Evals, Agent Monitor
Invited to speak by
Ways to work with me
1-on-1 AI Coaching
AI coding, agents, workflows, and local models, tailored to what you are building.
AI Workshops
Hands-on team training, practical from hour one.
Fractional CAIO
Executive AI strategy and advisory on a per-need basis.
Brand Collabs
Sponsored posts, demos, and livestream features for AI products.
Need AI built for your business?
AI engineering and implementation now lives at AIBackends.
Custom AI workflows, integrations, private AI, and production AI systems.
Latest AI news
All AI newsModels ·
OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol near Astra intelligence at one-fifth price
OpenAI announced (Sept 29) at DevDay GPT-6.1 Sol—the first GPT-6.1-family model, a week after GPT-6 Sol—saying it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on agentic coding, computer use, and professional work at one-fifth Astra’s standard input/output token prices, with major gains over GPT-6 Sol on programming/debugging, documents, multi-step workflows, and low-effort factuality (error rate 11.4%→7.7%). GPT-6.1 Astra was not launched after internal safety testing raised deception and unauthorized-action concerns (WSJ); OpenAI treats GPT-6.1 Sol as Critical cyber / High bio-chem under the Preparedness Framework with Astra’s safeguards stack. Available today in ChatGPT Work and Codex for Plus/Pro/Business/Enterprise/Edu (`gpt-6.1-sol`); not yet in Chat. Same-day DevDay also introduced Ultrafast (up to 8× Codex / 6× API token speed) and a Pro 500 tier. Distinct from GPT-6 Sol/Luna, GPT-6 Astra, and OpenAI Dots.
Source: OpenAI
Agents ·
OpenAI launches Dots, always-on GPT-6 Astra agents to rival Meta Muse
OpenAI announced (Sept 29) at DevDay Dots—always-on personal agentic assistants powered by GPT-6 Astra that pursue user-defined goals in the background with their own cloud computer, a browser, and 4,000+ connected apps, messaging updates via ChatGPT, Slack, and Teams (SMS coming) and voice from web/desktop/mobile. Users start with one customizable primary Dot; OpenAI envisions future teams of Dots, specialist role Dots with identities/credentials/tools, and Microsoft Agent 365 integration; ChatGPT Space lets teammates collaborate with Dots, and Dot chats do not count toward ChatGPT usage limits. Rolling out to Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise (admin-enabled) in eligible markets with built-in/custom action rules and auto-review. Framed as OpenAI’s answer to Meta Muse. Distinct from GPT-6.1 Sol, Meta Muse / Muse Mac / Meta Enterprise Platform, Codex alone, Sponsored Agents, and ChatGPT Voice mobile agents.
Source: The Verge
Enterprise ·
Trump and tech CEOs sign White House Accord on Superintelligence
CBS News, AP, and Fortune reported (Sept 29) that after a White House lunch with nearly two dozen AI and tech leaders—including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Elon Musk, and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos—President Trump and the executives signed the voluntary “White House Accord on Superintelligence: A Joint Commitment on Frontier SI Responsibilities,” which Trump called “morally binding” and “almost like a constitution.” The one-page accord (posted to Truth Social) commits firms to four layers of controls/audits—internal evaluations, external-firm audits, board reviews, and regular standards meetings—while Trump rejected new federal AI laws, said existing DOJ/FBI tools suffice, previewed an AI czar in “three or four days,” and signed an EO directing the government to use “Super Intelligence” instead of AI. Sen. Mark Warner criticized renaming-plus-self-regulation. Distinct from Amodei’s Sept 27 one-on-one dinner, OpenAI U.S.-led standards / SAFA talks, Khanna Human Control Over AI Act, and CASP intelligence-explosion paper.
Source: CBS News
Updated September 29, 2026
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