Malaysia

Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle), Malaysia’s focal point agency for startup ecosystem under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), has formalized a strategic collaboration with United Kingdom-based strategy consulting firm, wippd ltd, under the Cradle Innovation Advisory (CIA) initiative.

Analysts have foreseen risk-fraught recovery for Malaysia's technology sector in 2026, despite positive global growth tailwinds and improving second half (2025) revenue growth momentum amongst domestic backend players.

ESET, a global cybersecurity solutions firm, highlighted that Malaysia is entering a new era of artificial intelligence (AI) powered social engineering.

Capital A Berhad and Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad announced Friday the signing of a letter of intent (LOI) to jointly explore the development and testing of a Ringgit (MYR)-denominated stable coin through the Digital Asset Innovation Hub (DAIH) under Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).

Coursera, Inc., a global online learning platform, said Wednesday that Malaysians are ramping up artificial intelligence (AI) and digital skills as the country advances its transformation goals.

Sunway iLabs, the innovation lab and corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of Sunway Group, has entered a strategic partnership with the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund (AEF)-NextGen Fund to foster deeper collaboration between Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area.

Carsome Group Inc, Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car ecommerce platform, has announced another quarter of profitability, reporting an earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of over $6.4 million for the third quarter of 2025.

I-Berhad, a Malaysia-based property developer, has joined forces with Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) to elevate Malaysia’s position as a regional leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.

Shopee, the e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and Brazil, announced Tuesday a S$50 million ($38.52 million) investment over the next year to accelerate the growth of Singapore’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as the platform marks its 10th anniversary.

The Advisory Committee on Sustainability Reporting (ACSR), chaired by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), announced Monday its approach to addressing non-compliance with regulatory sustainability reporting requirements developed in alignment with the National Sustainability Reporting Framework (NSRF).