AWS launches "Semarak AI Malaysia", a national program to bring AI tools to government officers, students, and local software companies
Key Highlights
- ➤Amazon Quick reaches up to 445,000 Malaysian government officers
- ➤GovHub launches with 500-developer pilot and aims for 4,000 by 2028
- ➤AWS and partners target 10,000 Malaysian SMEs by 2028
- ➤Over 3,000 students and lecturers set national agentic AI competition record
- ➤AWS says Malaysian software companies’ AWS workloads grew approximately 30% between 2024-2025
Expert Statements
YB Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry
“For Malaysia to lead in the regional AI economy, we need a workforce and a software industry that can build, not just consume, AI technology. Through Semarak AI Malaysia, AWS is building on its MYR29.2 billion commitment to Malaysia to turn that ambition into reality. This program starts with our civil servants and students, and extends to our software companies so they can develop AI solutions that serve Malaysian businesses and compete across the region”
Hussein Mohd Ali, Country Manager, Malaysia, AWS
“When the public sector leads in building with AI, it becomes the lighthouse for the rest of the country. That’s what Semarak AI Malaysia is designed to do; equip civil servants, software companies, and students with the tools to build their own AI solutions. Every ministry, every developer, and every student who builds with AI raises the bar for what’s next.”
AWS launches "Semarak AI Malaysia", a national program to bring AI tools to government officers, students, and local software companies PR Newswire
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 4, 2026 * AWS is investing to put Amazon Quick, the AI built for work, in the hands of up to 445,000 government officers — supporting Malaysia's nation-building agenda by giving public-sector teams practical, hands-on experience applying agentic AI to everyday work * GovTech Malaysia launches GovHub, powered by Kiro, for developers to bring engineering rigor to agentic development, starting with a 500-developer pilot in 2026, with a goal to reach 4,000 by 2028 * Over 3,000 polytechnic students and lecturers set a national record by building agentic AI solutions in Malaysia's largest AI competition using Kiro, AWS's engineering agent KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today launched "Semarak AI Malaysia" at AWS Cloud and AI Day Kuala Lumpur, a flagship national program that equips Malaysia's government officers, students, software companies, and communities with the AI tools and skills to build their own solutions.
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