AWS launches 'Semarak AI Malaysia', a national program to bring AI tools to government officers, students, and local software companies

Source: The Manila times
Published on: 2026-11-04 08:48

* 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 agentKUALA 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 offic...

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