You can open markets. You can build pipeline.
And still, it doesn't pay off.
Judged on "English ability" alone
Reading markets, building pipeline, and moving the business forward rarely gets noticed.
Judged fairly on the pipeline, meetings, and token usage you've generated.
List-building, translation, and research eat your time
You want to build pipeline, but list-building, translation, and market research eat the clock.
Ascend handles the front-end work. You focus purely on building pipeline.
Trading houses and agencies skim your pay
Several companies sit in between, so your take-home and your credit both shrink even though you opened the deal.
Zero fees on the talent side. 100% of the pay is yours.
Capped by domestic rates
Even working overseas clients, domestic rates keep your pay flat.
Set your own rate. Dollar-denominated, global work at global pay.
One person, running a market-entry team — with AI.
BD talent who run research, on-the-ground outreach, multilingual deals, and ops themselves, without relying on trading houses or agencies. If even one of these feels like room to spare, that's you.
Market research & entry strategy
Research market size, competitors, and regulation fast with AI. Design the entry scenario solo.
Local partner development & BD
Move fast with AI from list-building through outreach to the meeting. Land local partners.
Multilingual sales & deals
Run deals in English, Chinese, and Southeast Asian languages with AI support. Close cross-border.
Cross-border operations
Automate contracts, invoicing, and local-market ops with AI. Drive manual work to near zero.
Common stack (examples)
Here's the kind of work that comes your way after you register.
High-paying jobs come to you — no sales required.
Launch market entry into Southeast Asia
Run research through on-the-ground BD solo with AI. Generate 20 meetings in 3 months.
Build an overseas partner alliance
Run everything from lists to outreach with AI. Land partnerships with 5 local partners.
Take a cross-border e-commerce brand overseas
Build multilingual LPs and overseas ads in-house with AI. 2.4x overseas revenue.
* Jobs and pay shown are examples. Actual terms vary.
Registration takes minutes. AI handles the rest.
Register
Just share your name and links (GitHub / X / portfolio)
AI vets your track record
Reads your work and AI token usage, and scores it on evidence
Interview
A quick chat to confirm fit and skill
Join a project
Deliver on a matched project — the pay is yours
Your track record brings you the next project.
Zero fees, full pay
No fee on the talent side. Everything you earn is yours.
You set your own rate
Global-standard jobs, paid to match your skill.
No sales or pitching
AI surfaces your track record and brings matching jobs.
Fair credit for using AI well
Judged by token usage and output, not job titles.
Side gig, remote, any nationality
Take on projects worldwide while keeping your day job.
Work keeps coming
Deliver results, and the next project follows.
Frequently asked questions
Are there any fees?
There's no fee on the talent side. You get 100% of your pay.
How does the vetting work?
Not job titles or English ability — we evaluate the markets you've opened, the pipeline you've built, your multilingual track record, and your AI token usage, based on evidence.
Can I register while employed elsewhere?
Yes. This is built for people with a day job — remote, any nationality. You can join projects while keeping your main job.
What kind of work is available?
Market-entry support, on-the-ground BD, alliance-building, and cross-border GTM — hands-on business development work, mostly cross-border across Japan, India, Malaysia, and beyond.