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10 Aug 2026, 7:01 PM	Digital News Asia	6.5	AI Malaysia takeover 2026 set to shape nation's AI ambitions AI Malaysia Takeover 2026 (AIMTO_26) runs 11-12 August at The Campus, Ampang, co-organised by Ludic Asia and 500 Global with Ministry of Digital and MyDIGITAL Corp as strategic partners. The event features speakers including Supabase CEO Paul Copplestone, Axiata's Dr. Rainer Deutschmann, YTL AI Labs CEO Foong Chee Mun, and Minister Gobind Singh Deo, plus a nationwide AI Learn-A-Thon where YTL AI Labs is distributing free AI compute tokens via its Ilmu Chat platform for hands-on training in prompt engineering, workflow automation, and deployment. Why: Malaysian builders can get free AI compute credits through the Learn-A-Thon's Ilmu Chat platform and access hands-on training in frontier AI tooling, while founders get direct proximity to 500 Global's Khailee Ng and other VCs at a government-backed event. If you ship AI-powered products in Malaysia, the Rakyat Digital upskilling framework alignment signals where public funding and ecosystem support are flowing. malaysia-tech ai-upskilling government-digital ai-compute networking-event

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10 Aug 2026, 7:01 PM

Digital News Asia

6.5

AI Malaysia takeover 2026 set to shape nation's AI ambitions

AI Malaysia Takeover 2026 (AIMTO_26) runs 11-12 August at The Campus, Ampang, co-organised by Ludic Asia and 500 Global with Ministry of Digital and MyDIGITAL Corp as strategic partners. The event features speakers including Supabase CEO Paul Copplestone, Axiata's Dr. Rainer Deutschmann, YTL AI Labs CEO Foong Chee Mun, and Minister Gobind Singh Deo, plus a nationwide AI Learn-A-Thon where YTL AI Labs is distributing free AI compute tokens via its Ilmu Chat platform for hands-on training in prompt engineering, workflow automation, and deployment.

Why: Malaysian builders can get free AI compute credits through the Learn-A-Thon's Ilmu Chat platform and access hands-on training in frontier AI tooling, while founders get direct proximity to 500 Global's Khailee Ng and other VCs at a government-backed event. If you ship AI-powered products in Malaysia, the Rakyat Digital upskilling framework alignment signals where public funding and ecosystem support are flowing.