Hungry to build what matters.
Professional passions, creative outlet, real products, filling gaps that don't exist yet. Not a developer. Figuring it out anyway. Building for others, and finally for me too.
Motto
People before profits. Humans before job titles.
The last few years were a rollercoaster: losing our baby, infertility, stress, and mental health struggles that forced me to stop and ask what actually matters. We're expecting our baby girl in December. One life, limited time, and I'm done pretending otherwise.
Chungry Co is how I'm refocusing: build things that help real people, enjoy the ride where I can, and stop neglecting the human at the center of it all (me included). Professional and fun still belong in the same sentence. So do grief and gratitude.
About
Builder. Marketer. Still hungry.
Thomas Chung
Founder, Chungry Co · Growth @ Mage AI
Korean American 1.5-gen, gourmand, scrappy builder. I grew up picking furniture off curbs, buying secondhand, hot lunch at school. That wasn't a chapter. It's the lens I build through.
By day: founding marketing hire at Mage AI (~5 years). By morning and night: shipping ISO App, SOSS, and Chungry Growth. I'm vibe-coding my way to the app store because the gaps I see deserve answers.
Grit is my brand. Professional and fun aren't opposites. They're the whole point.
Ventures
What I'm building
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01 Active
ISO App
Primary product: native app in active development.
heyiso.app → -
02 Beta
SOSS
Visual emergency beacon for festivals and crowds: red/white flash, torch, optional squad SMS.
getsoss.com → -
03 Consulting
Chungry Growth
Growth consulting by inquiry: discovery calls and 90-day sprint packages at chungrygrowth.com.
chungrygrowth.com → -
04 Coming soon
Community Presence
Free basic web presence for immigrant families, elders, and small business owners. At-cost domains, no labor. Coming soon.
Details below
Philanthropy · Coming soon
Help people get found online.
A giving-back initiative for immigrant families, elders, and small business owners, especially restaurants and shops where English isn't the first language and a website feels out of reach.
- Free basic one-page presence, labor at no charge
- At-cost domain & hosting only
- Optional low-cost maintenance for hours, menu, and updates
I came to the U.S. from Korea at 3.5. My parents built businesses without fluent English. My in-laws ran a Fresno donut shop for 30+ years. I helped them show up online because people talk about you whether you're there or not. This is that work, scaled with heart.
Full model in progress. Interested? Reach out.
In the mix
Growth
- Head of Growth · Mage AI
- PLG & developer marketing
- GTM, positioning, demand
Build
- ISO App · public beta
- SOSS · Android beta
- Ship → learn → iterate
Chungry Growth
Consulting by inquiry: discovery calls & 90-day sprints at chungrygrowth.com.
Contact
Let's talk.
Beta feedback, consulting, collabs. I read everything.
thomas@chungry.co →