Last week, together with our fellow from UPSI, Dr Raziff, we had the opportunity to pitch AINNA at MTDC. For me, the most interesting part was not really the pitching itself, but the discussion around one bigger question - how do we move AI from research and experimentation into something that can actually be used by industry?
We shared how AINNA is building NeuralOps and AI agents based on real operational needs. Not every task needs a large model. Some tasks can be handled by rules, parsers, smaller models or detached systems. The goal is simple - make the system more reliable, reduce unnecessary token usage, reduce hallucination, lower compute cost and make AI practical enough to run inside perniagaan sebenares.
This is also where collaboration becomes important. Researchers can bring knowledge, validation and new ideas. Industry brings real problems, real workflows and real operational challenges. MTDC can play an important role in helping technology move beyond development into commercialisation and wider industry adoption.
For me, Malaysia already has strong talent, researchers and technology builders. The challenge is how to connect all of these capabilities and turn them into solutions that can operate, scale and create real commercial value.
Still early and still a lot for us to prove. But discussions like this with MTDC, together with our fellow Dr Raziff from UPSI, help us see the road ahead more clearly - build locally, validate with real use cases, commercialise properly, and eventually scale beyond Malaysia.
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