MIMOS continues to serve as Malaysia’s bridge between policy and innovation, ensuring that national R&D investments translate into real socioeconomic outcomes." “Deep-tech sovereignty is the freedom for Malaysia to innovate, own and control its critical national technologies,” says Dr Shukri. The second pillar is the development of a sovereign AI cloud, built on integrated cybersecurity, strong governance models and trusted national datasets. MIMOS TO LEVERAGE GROUNDWORK SET IN 2025The national R&D centre, which celebrated its 40th anniversaryrecently, launched several major initiatives in 2025. On its part, the agency will move towards faster tech-to-market execution through disciplined R&D-to-commercialisation gates, ensuring that sovereign technologies transition smoothly from prototypes to deployment.

Source: The Edge Markets December 28, 2025 16:02 UTC