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What the public register says about the people who present themselves as founders.
Wealthgate: Inside the Ngo Network
Frankie Ngo invested in the Australian Tattoo Expo in 2023, applied to wind up its five companies in 2024, and now presents himself as the expo's chief executive. Corporate filings, court records and liquidation documents tell a more complicated story.
By B. O'Connell · 16 October 2026 · 19 min read
Founder Record
In May 2024 Sam Altman called advertising a last resort and said he hated it. On 9 February 2026 OpenAI began showing ads inside ChatGPT, and by 31 August the line was running at a billion dollars a year. No court has found he defrauded anyone, and a jury rejected the one claim that got that far. What the record does show is a pattern in the distance between what he says and what later turns out to be the case.
By B. O'Connell · 11 September 2026 · 12 min read
Courts
Meta has resolved major claims over youth safety and platform design without admitting liability, leaving central questions of knowledge, causation and corporate accountability largely untested at final verdict. The legal record now turns on what internal evidence shows, how courts and regulators assess algorithmic harm, and whether users harmed by automated enforcement have access to a remedy beyond the company's own opaque systems.
By T. Nguyen · 11 September 2026 · 5 min read
Founder Record
David Haslop launched the Australian Crypto Convention on the Gold Coast in September 2022, in the trough after the FTX collapse, and has since staged it in Melbourne and twice at ICC Sydney. In 2026 his group took the format to Auckland with a local partner and announced MyMoney Expo, a general investor show, to sit alongside it. Four editions delivered, sponsors returning, and a founder record with nothing on it.
By T. Nguyen · 1 September 2026 · 4 min read
