Chips, AI, robots, startups and talent: AiSEM@Selangor 2026 closes with US$105 mil in potential GMV
- ID
- 38664
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 23 Oct 2026, 3:30 PM
- Fetched
- 23 Oct 2026, 3:56 PM
- Provider
- Digital News Asia
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/digital-economy/chips-ai-robots-startups-and-talent-aisemselangor-2026-closes-us105-mil-potential
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Summary
- Score
- 6.5
- Created
- 23 Oct 2026, 3:56 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersai_ml_learnerssaas_startup_founders
What happened
AiSEM@Selangor 2026 closed on 17 October with 23,333 recorded visits, 150 booths from 120 companies, an estimated US$105 million (RM430 million) in potential GMV, six locally developed chips on show, and companies offering more than 1,500 job opportunities. The two-day AI & Semiconductor Conference drew 40 speakers including former TSMC EVP/co-COO Chiang Shang Yi, Synopsys' Robert Li, FuriosaAI's Jeehoon Kang and AWS's Umar Shah, and the opening saw 12 MOUs/MoCs with an estimated potential value of US$16 million (RM65 million).
Why it matters
For Malaysian builders, the actionable signal is the hiring and partnering pipeline: the 1,500+ job openings and 12 collaborations covering talent development, chip fabrication, robotics and AI computing show where local semicon and robotics firms say they need people and partners. Treat the US$105M as potential, not booked revenue—if you sell into hardware, robotics or AI, the named partners (Sidec, MSIA, Cyberview, MARii, MDEC, SDEC, MPCA, MIDA) are a concrete intro shortlist.
Discussion angle
Separate pipeline from PR: which of the 12 collaborations and 1,500+ job openings are concrete enough for a local AI/robotics startup to act on this quarter, and what would you ask Sidec or the listed partners to verify?