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21 Aug 2026, 5:34 PM	SoyaCincau	6.0	Kelas Sekejap: KJ and Shahril Hamdan’s AI learning app expands to schools and enterprises Kelas Sekejap, an AI-native learning app co-founded by Khairy Jamaluddin, Shahril Hamdan, and Isaac Tan, has grown to 15,000 registered users and 6,000 active AI-tutor conversations since its January 2026 launch. It is expanding into formal education with Kelas SPM (active in schools across KL, Negeri Sembilan, and Melaka) and into corporates with an enterprise tier that converts internal company knowledge into AI coaching for employees. Its seed round was led by Tan Sri Nazir Razak, with pre-seed backers including Khailee Ng, Joel Neoh, Bryan Loo, and First Move. Why: For Malaysian SaaS founders, the 'Branded Learning' monetization model—where partner brands like Tealive sponsor lessons and users earn real-world rewards—is a concrete alternative to ads or subscriptions worth studying. The enterprise feature (turning internal knowledge into scalable AI coaching) is a use case any founder building AI agents for the Malaysian corporate market should benchmark against. The school deployments also signal that Malaysian public schools are now accessible entry points for AI-powered edtech pilots. malaysia-startup edtech ai-tutor enterprise-ai funding

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21 Aug 2026, 5:34 PM

SoyaCincau

6.0

Kelas Sekejap: KJ and Shahril Hamdan’s AI learning app expands to schools and enterprises

Kelas Sekejap, an AI-native learning app co-founded by Khairy Jamaluddin, Shahril Hamdan, and Isaac Tan, has grown to 15,000 registered users and 6,000 active AI-tutor conversations since its January 2026 launch. It is expanding into formal education with Kelas SPM (active in schools across KL, Negeri Sembilan, and Melaka) and into corporates with an enterprise tier that converts internal company knowledge into AI coaching for employees. Its seed round was led by Tan Sri Nazir Razak, with pre-seed backers including Khailee Ng, Joel Neoh, Bryan Loo, and First Move.

Why: For Malaysian SaaS founders, the 'Branded Learning' monetization model—where partner brands like Tealive sponsor lessons and users earn real-world rewards—is a concrete alternative to ads or subscriptions worth studying. The enterprise feature (turning internal knowledge into scalable AI coaching) is a use case any founder building AI agents for the Malaysian corporate market should benchmark against. The school deployments also signal that Malaysian public schools are now accessible entry points for AI-powered edtech pilots.