Keris and Silicon

Technology, power, sovereignty & everything in between. Hosted by Shahril Hamdan

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Come invest in us, because everything here is cheap. Cheap land. Cheap energy. Cheap water. Cheap labour.

Elina Noor on why Southeast Asia keeps pitching itself as the labour layer, and why the digital economy hasn’t changed that as much as we like to think.

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The internet looks clean because someone else waded through the worst of it. Elina Noor on the hidden labour behind AI.

🎧 Full episode on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts. Recorded at AICB Centre of Excellence, KL.

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Ep 3 of Keris & Silicon: Shahril sits down with Elina Noor on AI, empire, and who actually pays for the tech we use.

She argues it’s not a revolution but an evolution, and that Southeast Asia keeps volunteering to be the labour layer.

Now on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts

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In this wide-ranging 90-minute conversation, Balaji explains why he is in Malaysia, responds to questions about whether his project is anti-democratic or an attempt to carve out sovereignty, and lays out his broader bear case on America.

now on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

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Tech didn’t go looking for a political fight. It disrupted the advertising and classified business, and that’s what made them mad. Balaji Srinivasan explains in EP02. Stream it now on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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Trace the Tomahawk’s supply chain far enough back, and you hit a Chinese factory. Balaji on why “the military-industrial complex is basically fake.”

Watch the full conversation on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

A special thank you to AICB Centre of Excellence for hosting.

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“Restore from cloud backup.” Balaji on why the internet, crypto and open networks are what you fall back on when states melt down. Watch the full conversation on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

A special thank you to AICB Centre of Excellence for hosting us.

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Is the nation state being replaced by crypto-backed digital communities? Balaji Srinivasan thinks so, and he’s building the proof in Johor, Malaysia.

Episode 2 of Keris & Silicon is live on YouTube and Spotify.

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.@khailee on how AI is forcing entrepreneurs to wake up and re-found their companies from scratch — and why the ones who move fast enough are coming back from the dead.

Watch the full episode on YouTube and Spotify.

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Episode 1 is LIVE. @khailee of 500 Global on why desperation beats privilege in the age of AI and what happens if Southeast Asia misses the biggest shot of its generation.

YouTube: https://t.co/q5tlfwkuG5
Spotify: https://t.co/q5tlfwkuG5

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.@khailee , Managing Partner at 500 Global warns that Southeast Asia is standing at the edge of a new golden age and might just let it pass by.

Watch the full interview dropping this Tuesday, 26th May on YouTube and Spotify.

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. @khailee Managing Partner at 500 Global explains how the early adopters who once felt like lunatics are now building Southeast Asia’s most powerful grassroots AI education movement.

Watch the full interview this Tuesday, 27th May on YouTube and Spotify.

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.@khailee , Managing Partner at 500 Global shares what’s really holding Southeast Asia back from the AI revolution.

Full interview airing this Tuesday, 26 May on YouTube and Spotify.

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Introducing Keris & Silicon, a new show under Keluar Sekejap hosted by @ShahrilHamdan exploring technology, power, policy and the future shaping our world.

Episode 1 features @khailee on AI, startups, geopolitics and Southeast Asia’s next tech wave.

Full episode drops 26 May