Malaysia’s sovereign AI bet: Local context becomes the next startup moat

For years, Southeast Asia’s digital economy has grown on top of technologies built elsewhere. Cloud infrastructure, operating systems, search, social media, e-commerce tools and, more recently, large language models have largely come from the US and China. The region adapted quickly, but rarely controlled the deepest layers of the stack. Artificial intelligence is forcing governments […] The post Malaysia’s sovereign AI bet: Local context becomes the next startup moat appeared first on e27 .