Malaysia's largest AI competition for youth (ages 14-19). Ministry of Education approved, Minister of Digital attended 2025 finale. 3 tracks: AI Art, AI Innovation, AI Technical. 2,500+ participants, 600+ submissions. Teams of 4, Form 3 to Pre-U students.
National hackathon by PEKOM & Faculty of CS&IT at Universiti Malaya. Focus: Data Science & Machine Learning. Up to RM52,000 across three domains. Open to all undergraduates from public/private universities. Annual in April.
Malaysia's first university startup accelerator. Equity-free, no-strings-attached, 3+2 month program. Supported by Ministry of Higher Education. Partners: MRANTI, CARSOME, The Hive SEA, Ficus Capital. At least 50% of team must be active students at any Malaysian HEI. Applications April-September.
Nationwide hackathon by all GDG on Campus chapters in Malaysia. 3-month program: workshops across 7+ universities → Top 10 DemoDay. Focus: AI + Google technologies solving UN SDG challenges. Prep for Google's global Solution Challenge. Annual Jan-April.
National → Regional → Global Final in Shenzhen. 210,000+ students globally across 100+ countries. Tracks: Network, Cloud, Computing (Practice & Innovation). Prizes include cash, certifications, and trip to Shenzhen.
One of the world's largest data challenges — 45,000+ participants across 146 countries. 2026 theme: AI models to forecast water quality. Annual competition.