Malaysia

Google introduces new strategic initiatives at Malaysia’s National AI Office Launch

Beginning with a pilot program with the Ministry of Digital, this initiative seeks to enhance productivity by having AI assist with tasks like report writing and meeting summarization, freeing up valuable time for public officers to focus on strategic priorities. Gemini for Google Workspace will also facilitate more effective communication and collaboration…

YTL AI Labs releases Malaysian LLM ilmu 0.1

Malaysia-based YTL Power International Bhd's artificial intelligence (AI) innovation unit YTL AI Labs has on Thursday announced the release of Ilmu 0.1 at the launch of the National AI Office by the Ministry of Digital.

Solarvest partners Vista to develop solar projects in Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan and Cambodia

Malaysian clean energy solutions provide Solarvest Holdings Berhad has partnered with Singapore-based renewable energy (RE) company Vista Contracting and Investment Global Pte Ltd, to jointly develop certain rooftop and utility scale solar projects in Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan and Cambodia.

AirAsia MOVE, Tongcheng Travel team up to enhance travel solutions

AirAsia MOVE, a Malaysia-based online travel agent (OTA) in, has on Friday announced a partnership with Tongcheng Travel, a player in China’s travel industry, to enhance travel solutions.

Malaysia’s CelcomDigi partners with KPJ Healthcare for healthcare tourism with 5G-powered AI and telemedicine solutions

Malaysia-listed telecommunication firm CelcomDigi Berhad, through its Innovation Centre, have entered a strategic partnership with healthcare provider KPJ Healthcare Berhad (KPJ) to advance cross-border access to healthcare through telemedicine.

Malaysia’s Sunway Property partners with SWM Environment for first cloud-based sustainable waste management system in Johor

Sunway City Iskandar Puteri (SCIP), a property development division by Malaysia-based Sunway Property, has partnered Malaysian integrated solid waste management SWM Environment Sdn Bhd for the first cloud-based sustainable waste management system in Johor of Malaysia.

Red Hat honours CIMB Bank Malaysia for pioneering Open Source initiatives

Embodying this year’s theme, “Unlock what’s next”, the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards celebrates customers who have harnessed the power of open source technologies to drive transformation and innovation.

Malaysia launches National AI Office for policy, regulation – report

The government on Thursday also announced strategic partnerships with six companies, including Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, which have all announced data center, cloud and AI projects in Malaysia in the past year.

DNeX, Gamuda team up to provide Google distributed cloud services in Malaysia

Malaysia-based firms Gamuda Berhad and Dagang NeXchange Berhad (DNeX) have teamed up to provide novel air-gapped Google distributed cloud services (GDC Services) to the public and private sectors in Malaysia.

Malaysia’s SC partners CGC to boost MSME and MTC access to capital market financing

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) said Wednesday it has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad (CGC Group) and CGC Digital Sdn. Bhd. to enhance access for Malaysian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and mid-tier companies (MTC) to capital market financing solutions.