Ibrahim Arief is building a legal AI startup from city detention

e27 - Oct 20, 2026

Ibrahim Arief did not set out to found a legal tech startup. He set out to stay out of prison. The former VP (Engineering) at Bukalapak, widely known as Ibam in the startup circle, is a defendant in Indonesia’s Chromebook procurement case, the graft prosecution that also ensnared former education minister and Gojek co-founder Nadiem […] The post Ibrahim Arief is building a legal AI startup from city detention appeared first on e27.

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