Author: Krystle and Sean
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Anthropic’s $10B Cloud Deal: What It Means for Your SME
The $10B AI Cloud Deal You Didn’t Know You Should Care About You might have seen the headlines: Anthropic just signed a $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta. And you probably thought, “That’s a big company thing. Nothing to do with my shop in Penang or my logistics firm in Johor.” But hold…
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Open AI Models Are Catching Up — Is Your Business Data Safe?
You’ve seen the headlines about “free” AI. But there’s a hidden cost. If you run a small business in Malaysia, you’ve probably already used an AI assistant to draft an email, summarise a report, or generate product descriptions. Maybe you’ve even considered “open-weight” AI models — the ones you can download and run on your…
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Is Your App Secretly Leaking Customer Location Data?
Your customers trust you. Your app might be betraying that trust. Picture this: you run a small Malaysian business. Maybe you sell food, run a boutique, or manage a delivery service. Someone downloads your app, grants location permission so they can find your store or track their order. Simple, right? Not quite. According to findings…
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What SpaceX’s New Revenue Model Teaches Malaysian SMBs
SpaceX Doubled Its Revenue. Here’s Why That Matters for Your Business You’re running a small manufacturing line in Penang, a logistics company in Johor, or a retail shop in Kuching. You’re not launching rockets, and you probably don’t think about satellite constellations when you open your accounting software. But the recent news that SpaceX doubled…
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: What Malaysian SMEs Need to Know
Why should a Malaysian SME owner care about hotel booking news from San Francisco? Because the room you book this week could shape your business for the next two years. That sounds like a stretch, but it isn’t. TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes place October 13 to 15 at Moscone West in San Francisco. For Malaysian…
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Lucid’s $1.4B Reset: 4 Lessons for MY Business Owners
Lucid’s $1.4B Reset: 4 Lessons for MY Business Owners You know that feeling when a big project you promised a client is slipping, costs are creeping up, and you’re too deep to back out? Multiply that by a few hundred million dollars, and you have Lucid Motors’ situation. The American EV maker just announced an…
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Your AI-Created Content: New Copyright Risks in Malaysia
What the AI Copyright Announcement Means for Your Business You’re busy running a business. Maybe you’ve used an AI tool to write a product description, generate a logo, or draft social media posts. It feels like magic. But here’s a question you might not have asked: who actually owns what that AI produces? And if…
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Evidence-Based Decisions: A Lesson for Every SME Owner
Your Business Problems Are Not What They Seem When sales dip, your instinct is to scramble for more leads. When a good employee quits, you hire a replacement fast and hope for the best. When a process breaks, you patch it overnight and move on to the next fire. Sound familiar? Malaysia’s Health Minister Datuk…