Malaysia’s Ministry of Digital and MyDIGITAL Corporation will co-host the AI Malaysia Takeover 2026 (AIMTO_26), a two-day event in Kuala Lumpur on August 11-12, to push Malaysia’s AI readiness and digital adoption.

In a statement last Friday, the event organizer said it plans to engage policymakers, technology leaders, venture capitalists, developers, and the general public.

The event follows the inaugural ASEAN AI Malaysia Summit 2025, which drew more than 10,000 participants and convened digital ministers from six ASEAN member states, and shifts focus from high-level regional dialogue toward nationwide execution and practical AI skills.

Minister of Digital Gobind Singh Deo is expected to officially launch the new Rakyat Digital portal at the event, which is co-organized by Ludic Asia and 500 Global.

The Rakyat Digital portal, implemented by MyDIGITAL Corporation under Malaysia Digital 2030, will bring together digital learning opportunities, future-ready skills, and AI resources through a single platform. It aims to support Malaysia’s ambition to become an AI nation by 2030.

A focus of the AIMTO_26 is Malaysia’s largest AI Learn-A-Thon, co-organized by 500 Global, Ludic Asia, Malaysia AI Residency, and KrackedDevs, with YTL AI Labs providing AI compute tokens through its Ilmu Chat platform. The session will serve as an official Malaysia Book of Records attempt, covering hands-on training in AI tools, prompt engineering, workflow automation, and deployment, in alignment with the Ministry of Digital’s Rakyat Digital upskilling framework.

The event will also feature a Podcast Stage, the Pasar AI Exhibition showcasing government and private sector digital infrastructure, and developer and creator showcases covering fintech, education, healthcare, and enterprise AI use cases.

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