Wan Wei

The Business of AI in Asia 🌏 | Founder, ANCHR AI Labs | AI Speaker & Advisor | Kimi AI Global Ambassador | 100+ keynotes across Asia

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"I'm not a tech person. Can I still join the AI jam?"

YES. Especially you.

The AI winners in Southeast Asia won't be the ones with the best models. They'll be the ones who earn trust locally.

This year: 1000+ youths. 3000+ prototypes. 3 pilots.

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My simple advice: keep your favourite AI for your most important work. But have a second one ready.

Disclosure: I'm a Kimi Global Ambassador.

How many AI tools does your team rely on today? Just one?

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I use Claude every single day. I love it.

But I just told a client to also start learning Kimi K3.

Here's why, in plain English.

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One honest note: using Kimi's own website or app still sends your data to Kimi's servers. The privacy benefit only works if you or a local IT partner set it up for you.

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Talent compounds. Brain drain compounds. AI will amplify both.

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Many competent Malaysians I meet admire Lee Kuan Yew.

I think it's because Malaysians know what brain drain feels like. Not only overseas. Interstate too.

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That's why being "one of the best locally" can be dangerously comforting. Several times this month I've walked into a regional or global room and realised the benchmark was never the people around me.

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DBS generated about SGD 1 billion in economic value from AI in 2025. It's also cutting 4,000 jobs because of it. Full breakdown on LinkedIn.

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If you started using DeepSeek, Kimi, or another open-weight AI tool because it was cheap, have you checked what it costs you now?

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DeepSeek raised its prices by up to 1,100% last month. That's not a typo.

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Cheap was never the end goal. It was how DeepSeek got 130 million people using it before the real bill arrived.