**Venue: TBC | This dinner may be held at a partner's event, or it could be postponed to a later date.The organiser will get in touch to understand your interest before confirming your spot.

If you are an AI thought leader in Malaysia, you are welcome to join this exclusive leadership circle dinner in Kuala Lumpur.

An intimate evening designed to bring together the core minds, builders, and advocates driving our community forward. As we navigate the rapidly shifting frontier of artificial intelligence, this gathering offers a dedicated space to align our visions, pool our resources, and strengthen the collaborative ties that sustain our chapter.

Join fellow leaders for an evening of candid dialogue, strategic alignment, and meaningful connection.

Over dinner, we will map out upcoming initiatives, share vital insights, and ensure our collective efforts remain deeply rooted in human-centric impact.

What to Expect

  • Resource Mapping: Open discussions on aligning community capabilities, tools, and expertise for upcoming regional initiatives.

  • Strategic Networking: High-impact connections with fellow chapter leads, tech founders, and ecosystem builders.

  • Collaborative Visioning: A shared space to shape the direction of our upcoming programs and ensure collective readiness.

What You Should Do Before The Dinner

  • Commit Capabilities: Identify one key resource, network, or expertise your organisation or team can immediately contribute to the shared pool.

  • Co-Create the Roadmap: Bring your specific project proposals to the table during our next collaborative sync.

Celebrating 6 months of The AI Collective’s presence in Kuala Lumpur.

We organised events for Humans in AI Week, where more than 6,000 voices pledged worldwide to join the movement. This has been featured publicly as part of the global initiative, reaching millions of impressions. Your voice has been seen.

  • Organised Find Work Fast: From Uncertainty to Opportunity on 15 July at the brioHR office, supporting those seeking job opportunities or navigating uncertainty in today’s job market.

  • Expanded to Penang in July 2026 as a supporting partner for the Penang Digitalisation-AI Conference & Exhibition. We continue to support monthly PDX events and build our presence in Penang.

  • Elevated our brand from an AI community to association partner level, we are proud Association Partner for the 48th Edition of the World AI Show Malaysia 2026 by Trescon, taking place 9–10 September.

  • We are also a supporting partner with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and will support ICGLOBDE 2026, taking place 29–30 September.

In June, our co-lead Jean has been appointed as an official AI Ecosystem Ambassador for the Penang Digitalisation-AI Conference & Exhibition.

On 25 July, our co-lead Jean moderated a session at the Gig for Good Masterclass Music Festival. As part of the event, which brought both sparkle to the corporate world and multi-generational discussions to life, the session was themed "The Augmented Individual – Artificial Intelligence × Human Performance," combining tech industry insights with live musical performances. At this inaugural event, the organiser successfully raised MYR 5,000 for charitable causes.

On 11 August, our co-lead Firuz participated as a panel speaker at AI Malaysia Takeover 2026, speaking on the topic "SMEs Don’t Need AI Magic. They Need AI That Works." The session was moderated by Yuki Aizawa, globally recognised APAC Director of Women in Tech.

On 27 August, our co-lead Firuz spoke at the AI & Cybersecurity Forum 2026, organised by AIMX Sdn Bhd. Held at MITEC Kuala Lumpur, the event gathered over 100 people to discuss the convergence of AI and cybersecurity.

On 10 September, our co-lead Firuz will be moderating a session titled 'AI for Customer Experience, Digital Services and Intelligent Engagement' at World AI Show Malaysia 2026. The panelists are as follows:

• Dario Bianchi, Chief Product Officer, Mindvalley

• Manminder Kaur Dhillon, CEO & Founder, Supernewsroom.ai

• Alex P'ng, Chief Technology Officer, MYNEWS Retail Sdn Bhd.

Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!

The AI Collective is a global non-profit building the human layer for the AI era. We unite 250,000+ leaders, builders, and stakeholders across 200+ forums worldwide to democratize the frontier, build trust, and coordinate how society navigates the rapid acceleration of technological progress.

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