Technopreneur · Product Builder · Indonesia

Sanny Gaddafi(SaGad)Technology Leader & Product Builder

Technology leader, product builder, and technopreneur building scalable digital ecosystems across fintech, AI, community platforms, and rural innovation.

From early Indonesian social networking communities to modern AI-assisted fintech operations, Sanny has spent years turning curiosity into working products, communities, and digital infrastructure.

200K+

Local members reached through early social networking initiatives

20+ years

Building digital products and communities

Tech + Product

Bridging engineering and product thinking to build scalable platforms

AI-first

Using AI to accelerate product iteration and operations

Impact figures are based on public biography references and can be updated from the data file.

About

About Sanny

Sanny Gaddafi, also known as SaGad, is an Indonesian technopreneur and product builder. His journey started from building early online communities such as FUPEI, and evolved into today's focus on scalable B2B financial ecosystems, AI-assisted software creation, automation, and open finance.

Visionary but grounded. Builder-first. Community-oriented. He treats technology as practical leverage — small teams, working products, measurable progress.

Core themes
Product BuildingFintechOpen FinanceAI AutomationDeveloper ExperienceCommunityTechnology & ProductStartup Ecosystem
Journey

Two decades of building

A timeline of products, communities, and infrastructure — from early web experiments to today's role as CTPO.

Early 2000s — 2004

Web products, FUPEI & early online communities

Started building web products in Indonesia and launched FUPEI, an early Indonesian social networking platform focused on community, sharing, and learning together.

Today — CTPO at Brick

Chief Technology & Product Officer, Brick (onebrick.io)

Currently serving as CTPO at Brick (onebrick.io), leading technology and product end-to-end — scalable B2B financial ecosystems, open finance infrastructure, AI-assisted operations, and small focused teams shipping fast.

Projects

Featured work

A selection of products, experiments, and platforms across community, technology, AI, and fintech.

Early Social Networking / Community

FUPEI

An early Indonesian social networking platform built around the idea of learning, experimenting, and growing together with a community.

Fintech / Open Finance / Tech-Product

Scalable B2B Financial Ecosystem

Built and led technology and product initiatives around scalable B2B financial ecosystems, open finance infrastructure, and developer-centric APIs.

AI / Messaging / Product Experiment

WhatsApp + ChatGPT Experiments

A curiosity-driven experiment around communicating with ChatGPT through WhatsApp, later evolving into reusable product infrastructure.

AI Operations / Fintech

BrickO

An internal AI assistance concept for monitoring partner conversations, escalating important issues, and making operational workflows more intelligent.

AI / Automation / DevOps

AI-assisted Operational Intelligence

A connected operational brain combining monitoring, automation, incident handling, provider reliability, routing, and messaging context.

Product / Book

BUILD ANYWAY

A field-tested manifesto on shipping products with whatever you have — small teams, limited resources, messy reality. Written from years of building in Indonesia's startup trenches.

Published Book

BUILD ANYWAY

For People Who Never Have Enough to Finish

A field-tested manifesto on shipping products with whatever you have — small teams, limited resources, messy reality. Written from years of building in Indonesia's startup trenches.

BUILD ANYWAY book cover by Sanny Gaddafi
LinkedIn

Latest thinking on LinkedIn

Notes on product building, AI, open finance, community, and technology leadership.

Sanny Gaddafi

· SaGad

Revolutionizing B2B financial ecosystems with scalable, technology-driven solutions for businesses.

AI / Product BuildingRecent

AI, FajrBrainGym, and the shift in product building

A reflection on how a simple curiosity about communicating with ChatGPT through WhatsApp evolved into wa.sagad.net, uchat.id, and an internal AI assistance flow for BrickO.

#AI#ProductBuilding#BuildAnyway#FajrBrainGym
Read on LinkedIn
AI / Automation / FintechRecent

AI-assisted operational intelligence inside fintech workflows

A post about merging monitoring, automation, incident handling, provider reliability, routing, and messaging into a more connected operational ecosystem.

#AI#Automation#DevOps#OpenFinance#Fintech
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Community / Founder JourneyRecent

Remembering FUPEI and the spirit of building communities

A reflection on FUPEI.com as an early online community and a reminder that great products are not only about tools, but also about people and shared progress.

#FUPEI#Community#Startup#BuildInPublic
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Rural Digitalization / AgriculturePast post

Digitalisasi Pertanian Melalui Digital Collection Platform

A professional post related to agricultural digitalization and digital collection platforms.

#Agriculture#Digitalization#8villages#Indonesia
Read on LinkedIn
Speaking

Speaking & public presence

Talks, ecosystem involvement, and references across the Indonesian technology landscape.

International Tech & Product Recognition

Recognized for building scalable technology products and platforms.

StartupLokal

Long-time contributor to the Indonesian startup ecosystem and founder community.

Technology & Product in Financial Infrastructure

Public conversations on building technology and product for B2B financial ecosystems.

Founder & Product-Building Reflections

Notes and talks on building products with AI, automation, and small teams.

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Contact

Let's connect

For collaboration, fintech and open finance discussions, AI product experiments, mentoring, speaking, or partnership opportunities, connect with Sanny on LinkedIn.