The social media era was largely dominated by American platforms, but the AI race looks more like a US-China contest, with Chinese firms like Alibaba, Tencent, and DeepSeek competing hard on cost rather than raw model supremacy. George Chen joins us to unpack what this shift means for businesses, from hybrid AI strategies that blend frontier and open-source models, to where Malaysia's real opportunity lies beyond just building data centres.

<p>The social media era was largely dominated by American platforms, but the AI race looks more like a US-China contest, with Chinese firms like Alibaba, Tencent, and DeepSeek competing hard on cost rather than raw model supremacy. George Chen joins us to unpack what this shift means for businesses, from hybrid AI strategies that blend frontier and open-source models, to where Malaysia's real opportunity lies beyond just building data centres.</p>

Helping you navigate the ever-changing universe of business, from headlines to the bottom line

<p>Helping you navigate the ever-changing universe of business, from headlines to the bottom line</p>