What if failure was the best thing that ever happened to your startup?

Fathurrahman Faizal co-founded SolanaFM as a student at SMU. It wasn’t a smooth ride but it led to a major acquisition by Jupiter Exchange in 2024.

Now, he’s back with Ranger Labs, a decentralized trading platform aiming to give DeFi users the speed of a centralized exchange without compromising control.

Backed by a $1.9 million round led by RockawayX, Ranger Labs is solving some of DeFi’s biggest pain points while using AI to make trading smarter and more accessible.

So what does it take to build the future of Web3 while still in school? And what does the next generation of decentralized trading really look like?

On The Right Business, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Fathurrahman Faizal, Co-founder of Ranger Labs, to find out more.