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14 Aug 2026, 12:51 PM	Digital News Asia	5.5	Malaysia strengthens role as Southeast Asia gateway for Central Asian startups Big Sky Capital, GUIDE, and Astana Hub (Kazakhstan's government-linked innovation cluster) completed a two-month SEA Enterprise Technology Launchpad programme for Central Asian B2B startups, with a demo day at Gobi Partners' KL office attended by Petronas, Alibaba Cloud, and Indonesia's GSI. The first cohort included five startups spanning AI-powered oil & gas production optimisation (Rock Rigid), computer vision for workplace safety (BEST Vision), AI education (Onay Oqu), AI fleet management and fuel fraud prevention (RoadOne AI), and retail analytics (TASS Vision). Why: Malaysian enterprises and tech partners are actively sourcing industrial AI solutions from Central Asia — if you build B2B industrial AI (oil & gas, fleet, safety, retail analytics), this signals a concrete procurement and partnership channel through programmes like this hub. Founders should note Petronas and Alibaba Cloud are engaging directly with these cohorts, meaning enterprise pilot opportunities exist via this corridor. malaysia-tech startups cross-border enterprise-ai central-asia

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14 Aug 2026, 12:51 PM

Digital News Asia

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Malaysia strengthens role as Southeast Asia gateway for Central Asian startups

Big Sky Capital, GUIDE, and Astana Hub (Kazakhstan's government-linked innovation cluster) completed a two-month SEA Enterprise Technology Launchpad programme for Central Asian B2B startups, with a demo day at Gobi Partners' KL office attended by Petronas, Alibaba Cloud, and Indonesia's GSI. The first cohort included five startups spanning AI-powered oil & gas production optimisation (Rock Rigid), computer vision for workplace safety (BEST Vision), AI education (Onay Oqu), AI fleet management and fuel fraud prevention (RoadOne AI), and retail analytics (TASS Vision).

Why: Malaysian enterprises and tech partners are actively sourcing industrial AI solutions from Central Asia — if you build B2B industrial AI (oil & gas, fleet, safety, retail analytics), this signals a concrete procurement and partnership channel through programmes like this hub. Founders should note Petronas and Alibaba Cloud are engaging directly with these cohorts, meaning enterprise pilot opportunities exist via this corridor.