YTL AI Labs

OpenClaw KL #2 — Build With OpenClaw 📅 24 April 2026 | Kuala Lumpur Event #1 was about getting set up. Event #2 is about getting technical. This session goes deeper into OpenClaw Skills, CLI tooling, and MCP integrations, with a guided build where every attendee wires up something functional on their own machine. If you've already got OpenClaw running, this is where you start building real agent workflows. Partner showcases from: YTL AI Labs: latest ILMU model NEAR Protocol: Introduction to IronClaw, an OpenClaw-based agent framework CoinGecko: AI-native crypto data CLI Datadog: incident response automation via MCP Still new to OpenClaw? No stress, show up 30 min early for our Setup Clinic. Facilitators will get you installed and configured so you can follow along when the main session starts. 280+ registrations last round. 150 builders in the room. The community asked for more depth — we're delivering it. Registration Link in Comment.

YTL AI Labs today announced it will further advance the nation’s sovereign AI capabilities in collaboration with NVIDIA, using NVIDIA Nemotron open models. The initiative has resulted in the development of the ILMU-Nemo-30B, a powerful new agentic model fine-tuned on Malaysian local datasets, achieving a significant 23% improvement in MalayMMLU benchmark scores. “This initiative with NVIDIA represents a significant leap in our mission to build sovereign AI capability for Malaysia,” said Dato’ Seri Yeoh Seok Hong, Managing Director of YTL Power International Berhad. “By combining NVIDIA AI technology with YTL’s deep local knowledge andnational infrastructure, we are creating a powerful engine for innovation. The ILMU-Nemo-30B model is a testament to what can be achieved when we align global strengths with national purpose, ensuring that the progress we make in AI is secure, inclusive, and rooted in our identity.” https://lnkd.in/gssAFFUD

[Press Release, 13 November 2025] J&C Pacific Sdn Bhd is proud to announce a strategic collaboration with YTL AI Labs to integrate ILMU — Malaysia’s first homegrown multimodal AI model — into the GiftsMart platform. This partnership strengthens our commitment to advancing local digital innovation and accelerating AI-driven retail transformation across Malaysia. Through this collaboration, ILMU becomes the official AI engine powering GiftsMart, enabling advanced vision, language, and multimodal capabilities to enhance automation, intelligence, and scalability across nationwide FMCG and retail campaigns. “As Malaysia continues its digital transformation journey, our vision is to ensure that local innovation leads the way,” said CK Lee, CEO of J&C Pacific. “GiftsMart itself is a 100% homegrown platform proudly developed in Malaysia, and now with ILMU AI, Malaysia’s first sovereign AI, we are taking that vision even further. Together, we aim to redefine Malaysia’s digital retail landscape through the power of local AI innovation.” “ILMU represents Malaysia’s belief that AI should understand our language, culture,and people. Through this collaboration with J&C Pacific, we’re showing that sovereign AI isn’t just about technology — it’s about empowering local businesses to compete globally while staying rooted in local innovation,” said Chee Mun Foong,CEO of YTL AI Labs. Full release, visit: https://lnkd.in/g3Z7r9ZX #GiftsMart #ILMU

Receipts lost? With Swipey, that’s impossible.   Responsible innovation is at the core of Swipey’s partnership with YTL AI Labs.   We made a conscious decision to choose ILMU as our local provider because of Malaysia’s visible commitments to AI Ethics and Governance.   Our goal is simple:   - To contribute towards a context-aware approach in Malaysia’s AI Sovereignty. - Expense management that accurate, locally-pragmatic, innovative and local. - In a financial dashboard with intelligent insights, made accessible.   More than 2,500 businesses trust our platform. The flexibility of corporate cards makes for teams with faster operational turnarounds.   And by leveraging ILMU in Swipey’s AI offerings, we’re happy to support the future of Malaysia’s status as a regional innovation hub.   Our home-grown innovators are backed by accountability. Thank you Chee Mun Foong, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Yayasan Hasanah. ⭐   Stay tuned for Alfie!

The Asian Billionaires Riding The Data Center Boom by Forbes Nestled in the foothills of Mount Pulai in Malaysia’s southern state of Johor and surrounded by palm oil plantations, four windowless, single-story buildings emit a steady drone 24/7. This comes from powerful supercomputers simultaneously running cloud computing and artificial intelligence applications, some using NVIDIA’s most advanced GB200 chips. Capable of processing 1.8 terabytes of information per second, these GPUs are housed in a 20-megawatt (MW) facility within a 664-hectare data center park operated by YTL Power International, the utility unit of Malaysian tycoon Francis Yeoh’s YTL conglomerate. Inside the building are three-meter tall fans blowing cold air onto rows of server racks interconnected by kilometers of cables. Two years ago, the American chip giant announced a $4.3 billion plan to develop AI infrastructure with YTL in Johor, of which $2.4 billion has already been spent building 200MW of data center capacity. The high profile collaboration vindicated YTL’s 2021 bet on the business. “People said we were crazy to think we could build the equivalent of Singapore’s total data center capacity in Johor,” recalls Yeoh Keong Hann, YTL Power’s executive director. YTL’s timing was fortuitous, dovetailing with Malaysia’s ambitions to become a digital hub and Johor, blessed with plentiful land, electricity and water—key essentials for data centers—emerged as a hotspot. “Malaysia aims to become a leading AI nation by 2030, leveraging AI to boost productivity, enhance public services and build a sustainable, inclusive and ethical digital economy,” Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said after a meeting with Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang and YTL Power managing director Yeoh Seok Hong at the APEC Summit in South Korea last month. The country’s aspiration to overtake neighboring Singapore in data center capacity, which analysts forecast could be achieved over the next five years, is fueled by the AI boom that, in turn, has sparked a frenzied global buildout of AI infrastructure. Full article: https://lnkd.in/esfu3ibV

We Need YOU! Help Build Malaysia’s Very Own AI Our data annotation project for ILMU, Malaysia’s homegrown AI, is now running and we’re bringing new contributors on board!🎉 This is your chance to directly contribute to the next generation of local AI innovation by reviewing and editing real data that will train cutting-edge models. 📅Project details: Status: We're onboarding right now! Commitment: At least 4 hours (half-day) or 8 hours (full day) per day across the project period Type: One-off, paid involvement Fill in this YTL AI Labs Annotator Application & Assessment form to join: https://lnkd.in/grpuhpBU Questions? Contact us via email at team.data@ytlailabs.com 📨 Jom lah! Be part of Malaysia’s AI Story ✨

We had an amazing time at the Asean Business and Investment Summit 2025! It was great meeting so many passionate minds and sharing what we’ve been building at YTL AI Labs. Big thanks to everyone who dropped by our booth and engaged with us! #YTLAILabs #AI #Innovation #SovereignAI #TechSummit #MalaysiaTech

Malaysia, NVIDIA, YTL Deepen RM10 Billion AI Collaboration Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that Malaysia is advancing its collaboration with NVIDIA Corporation and YTL Power International Bhd, following a second meeting with NVIDIA Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang and YTL Power Managing Director Dato’ Seri Yeoh Seok Hong. The discussion reinforced Malaysia’s RM10 billion investment to develop artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure powered by green energy, first announced during Huang’s visit to Putrajaya in 2023. Anwar said the meeting underscored the shared commitment between Malaysia, NVIDIA and YTL Power to strengthen strategic cooperation in building a competitive and sovereign digital future. “I reaffirmed Malaysia’s commitment to emerge as one of the leading AI nations by 2030, not merely as a user of technology, but as a creator of value and a driver of innovation that energises the economy and improves the well-being of the people,” Anwar said. Anwar expressed appreciation to NVIDIA and YTL Power for their progress, saying the partnership will accelerate Malaysia’s AI agenda and strengthen the nation’s MADANI economic framework for an inclusive and sustainable digital future. Full article: https://lnkd.in/gssKZyVb

Strategic Collaboration with YTL AI Labs We’re happy to announce that NCSpeech Technologies has officially signed MOU with YTL AI Labs, the AI division of YTL Corporation Bhd - one of Malaysia’s largest and most forward-thinking conglomerates. Through this collaboration, NCSpeech will integrate ILMU AI, Malaysia’s first homegrown suite of sovereign AI models, into its Fintech Voice AI platform, enabling more intelligent, secure, and human-centric communication between financial institutions and customers. This partnership creates mutual value for both sides: 🔹 For NCSpeech - access to national AI infrastructure and model APIs to accelerate innovation, improve personalization, and strengthen our expansion in Malaysia. 🔹 For YTL AI Labs - real-world deployment of ILMU AI across the fintech and voice-AI sectors, providing valuable feedback, new use cases, and performance data to enhance Malaysia’s sovereign AI ecosystem. Together, we aim to: ✅ Advance applied speech-AI research and deployment across Southeast Asia, ✅ Demonstrate the potential of locally built AI models in commercial applications, ✅ and contribute to 🇲🇾 Malaysia’s vision of becoming a regional AI innovation hub. We deeply appreciate the collaboration and trust of Lou Yeoh, Chee Mun Foong , and the YTL AI Labs team, and look forward to shaping the next generation of voice intelligence together.