Southeast Asia has started an AI race. What is Malaysia betting on?

Southeast Asia has started an AI race.

But every country is placing a different bet.

Singapore is betting on research and talent.
Indonesia is betting on scale and government adoption.
Vietnam is betting on engineers and semiconductors.
Malaysia is betting on data centres, cloud infrastructure and our position in the chip supply chain.

The opportunity is huge.

But building infrastructure is only the first step.

The real question is whether Malaysia can turn that into local talent, companies, intellectual property and high-value jobs.

That’s the conversation behind AI Malaysia Takeover 2026.

I’ll be there at The Campus, Kuala Lumpur, on 11 and 12 August.

And we’re not just talking about it — we’re building it. The AIMTO 26 AI Learn-a-thon is OPEN TO PUBLIC. Join us on Day 2. Bring your laptop and learn to vibe code. Build your first AI agent. Level up how you use AI.

Details at aimto.my.