Now live · launching at SF Tech Week

Malaysia's elite talent,
connected worldwide.

Global Malaysians is the network linking the elite Malaysian diaspora across the world's great innovation hubs — to each other, to the next generation of talent, and to Malaysia's future. Starting in the San Francisco Bay Area.

An initiative by NAMSA — built by the diaspora, for the diaspora.
The network

The most valuable pool of Malaysian talent in the world, finally connected.

Malaysians sit at the frontier of Big Tech, AI labs, venture capital, and biotech — but for years the community lived in scattered WhatsApp groups and one-off alumni dinners. Global Malaysians is the infrastructure that turns it into a network with memory, reach, and a way home.

Pillar 01

A living directory

A searchable, frictionless directory of Malaysian professionals and students — by industry, company, and expertise. Find a mentor, a co-founder, or a first job. Opt-in, privacy-first, no heavy sign-up.

Pillar 02

Full-spectrum programming

Speaker series, AI show-and-tells, mixers, and structured mentor matching — a steady rhythm of gathering that goes far beyond the once-a-year career fair.

Pillar 03

The Malaysia connection

Channelling knowledge, capital, and networks home — reverse mentorship for Malaysian founders and GLCs, warm FDI introductions, and a real pathway back through the Returning Expert Programme.

Community 01 · the first vector

Frontier AI

Global Malaysians organises around communities. The first is Frontier AI — because the people building the AI and semiconductor era are already Malaysian, and Malaysia itself is fast becoming the physical backbone of the global AI boom.

The faces of Malaysian frontier tech
Hock Tan
Hock Tan
President & CEO, Broadcom
Penang-born
Lip-Bu Tan
Lip-Bu Tan
CEO, Intel · founder, Walden Intl.
Malaysian-born
KS Pua
KS Pua
Founder & CEO, Phison Electronics
Father of the USB flash drive

Shown as examples of Malaysian excellence at the frontier of global technology. These individuals are independent public figures — they are not affiliated with, and have not endorsed, Global Malaysians.

Built in Malaysia

Malaysia is where the AI boom gets built.

The talent going global is matched by capital coming home. Malaysia — and Johor in particular — is now the hottest data-centre destination on earth, the physical infrastructure the AI era runs on.

US$31.5BData-centre investment, 2024 — a 3× jump on 2023
$4.3BNvidia commitment
$6BAWS, through 2038
$2.2BMicrosoft
#1Data-centre hub in Southeast Asia

CNA Correspondent — Malaysia races to become a global tech hub, from semiconductors to data centres. Watch on YouTube →

Thriving communities, already in motion
Community node

Malaysian.ai

A volunteer-run community of AI builders that has already run 70+ events and reached 4,000+ people — proof that when you give Malaysian talent a place to gather, it shows up. The template for how Global Malaysians grows.

Community node

NAMSA

~3,962 Malaysian students across the US, federating the Malaysian societies at America's elite campuses and the old-school alumni networks that shaped them.

HarvardMITStanfordUC BerkeleyPenn MCKKRMCKolej Tuanku Ja'afar
Launch Party · San Francisco · SF Tech Week

Be in the room when Global Malaysians launches.

We're bringing the Bay Area's Malaysian founders, operators, and students together for our launch during SF Tech Week. Drop your email and we'll send you the invite.

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