Speaking
For founders, creative teams and business audiences. Practical and honest, and drawn from the work I do every day. If your audience would find that useful, I’d be glad to hear from you.
Write to meIn person in Singapore · online anywhere · half of every fee goes to the Breast Cancer Foundation
A little about me
I started as a copywriter, built a framework for brand voice, then began building software for problems in my own life. Today I run a small studio that writes, builds apps with agentic assistance and teaches people to do the same, while raising my son. I’m still learning as I go.
When I talk about AI, it comes from using it every day, on client work and on my own apps. I share what’s worked, what hasn’t, and what I’d do differently, so your audience leaves with something they can use.
Coming up
5 Nov 2026
Guest speaker on the journey of entrepreneurship, and why craft matters in the age of AI.
20 Nov 2026
Guest speaker and panellist. My talk: Four Apps, No Developer: How to Build and Monetise an App from the Expertise You Already Have.
Jan 2027
Online. How to Build Your Social Media Workflow in Claude.
Where I’ve been
18 Oct 2026
Guest speaker and panellist at the event co-organised by Air, Good Karma Labs and Singapore Global Network.
27 Aug 2026
An online masterclass for Launchpad.
5 Jun 2026
An in-person workshop at Launchpad, co-led with Niki Torres of Helm Crew.
14 Apr 2026
My own online masterclass, organised with Mangla Sachdev of Expat Business in a Bag and Niki Torres of Helm Crew. More than thirty people registered.
2021
I organised this summit for women from disadvantaged families who wanted to start a business. A group of creative business owners taught them the skills to start on a strong foundation: branding, presenting, copywriting and more. See the summit’s copy
2020
A 45-minute live session with Q&A at The Power Player’s Conference, hosted by HerHeadquarters.
2020
A talk at the Honour Summit for Content Creators.
Award · 2026
Finalist, Makers and Shapers Awards
MUSE, my AI copywriting app, in the AI category and the Innovation category
Podcast guest · 2026
Conversations That Build Better Businesses
Topic: Necessary boundaries for a creative business owner
Talks
Each talk can be shaped around your audience, your theme and the time you have.
How to use AI without losing the judgement that makes work good: where it speeds things up, where it needs a person, and how to tell the difference. Your audience leaves with a simple way to decide what to hand to AI and what to keep. For founders, creative teams and marketing departments.
How I went from copywriter to building and launching my own apps with agentic assistance, and what that path looks like for people who say they aren’t technical. Your audience leaves with a realistic picture of what it takes, and the first steps to try. For creative communities, women in business, and tech and innovation events.
Why so much AI-assisted copy sounds the same, and how a clear brand voice keeps your words sounding like you. Your audience leaves with a way to check AI-written copy before it goes out. For marketing teams, agencies and small business owners.
The honest version: the money, the fears, finding the first clients, and what I’d do differently. Your audience leaves with practical steps for planning the move. For professionals thinking about it, alumni networks and universities.
The systems, the help and the trade-offs that make both possible, from someone in the middle of it. For women’s networks, panels and fireside chats.
Photo courtesy of Launchpad
For organisers
I give keynotes of thirty to forty-five minutes, with time for questions, and I’m happy to speak on panels and in fireside chats. I come to you anywhere in Singapore, and speak online for events elsewhere.
Before the day, we’ll have a short call about your audience, so the talk fits the room. I’ll send my bio, photos and a talk description for your programme, and I’m glad to share the event with my own audience too.
Videos courtesy of Launchpad
For podcast hosts
A few questions I enjoy talking through. Pick one, or bring your own.
Melody Bay is the founder of Ambidextrous Labs, a female-led boutique software studio in Singapore. A copywriter by training, she created brand messaging architecture, a framework for brand voice, and now builds apps with agentic assistance, including Chord, a client portal for solo creatives, and Chico, a childcare app for busy households. She teaches business owners to set up AI around their real week, and to build their own apps. Her AI copywriting app, MUSE, was a finalist in the Makers and Shapers Awards 2026, in both the AI and Innovation categories.
For a longer bio or photos, write to me.
Fee structure
Half of every speaking fee goes to the Breast Cancer Foundation.
My grandmother had breast cancer, so it’s a cause close to my heart. The foundation supports people with breast cancer and their families in Singapore.
Send me the date, the audience and what you’d like them to leave with, and I’ll reply within two working days.
Write to me about a talkAbout an app, copy, training or a talk. I'd love to hear what you're working on.
Get in touchor email hi@ambidextrouslabs.com
