About us
AI Salon is a global community by and for AI-focused founders, builders, investors, and enterprise partners. The format is a monthly in-person event with pitches and/or fireside chats from AI startups or investors to make a presence in Malaysia.
Come join us to learn about the latest AI technology and connect with our community!
Upcoming events
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AI Salon KL – When A.I. Meets Financial Crime
Resource Centre (MRANTI), Bulatan Inovasi, Taman Teknologi Malaysia, 43300 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, MY# AI Salon KL: When A.I. Meets Financial Crime
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🚀 AI is transforming every industry – but it's also transforming crime.
From AI-generated scams and deepfake fraud to increasingly sophisticated financial crime networks, artificial intelligence is reshaping both how crimes are committed and how organizations respond. Behind many of today's large-scale scam operations are complex human trafficking networks, raising urgent ethical, regulatory, and societal questions.
Join us for the next edition of AI Salon KL as we bring together experts in AI ethics, financial crime, law, fintech, and compliance to examine how AI is reshaping both financial crime and the fight against it.
Together, we'll explore how AI is changing the tactics used by criminals, the new challenges facing financial institutions and regulators, and what startups, enterprises, governments, and the AI community can do to build technology responsibly.
Expect practical insights, thought-provoking discussion, and meaningful conversations with Kuala Lumpur's growing AI community.## 🎤 Panel: AI Ethics & Financial Crime
We're excited to welcome an outstanding panel of experts working at the intersection of AI, ethics, compliance, finance, and law:
**Adam R. Khan**
Co-author, FullStack AI Ethicist
Adam is an AI ethics researcher, educator, and author focused on responsible AI, governance, and regulatory compliance. As co-author of FullStack AI Ethicist, he works to help organizations understand the ethical and practical considerations of deploying AI responsibly in an increasingly regulated world.
**Ruben Tan**
Tech Co-Founder, Atomycal
Ruben has spent years helping fintech companies build and scale secure payment infrastructure across Southeast Asia. Drawing from his experience designing financial systems, he'll share perspectives on the evolving fraud landscape, the security challenges introduced by AI, and how financial platforms are adapting to increasingly sophisticated threats.
**Sandhya Nair Vijian**
Founder & Managing Director, Enhance QC
Sandhya is a financial crime compliance specialist and founder of Enhance QC, a training provider focused on anti-money laundering (AML), financial crime compliance, governance, and risk management. She works with financial institutions and professionals to strengthen capabilities in identifying and combating emerging financial crime risks.
Moderated by:
Audrey Aui Yong
CEO, Tsuin AI
Together, they'll discuss:- How AI is changing the landscape of financial crime and fraud
- AI-powered scams, deepfakes, and the next generation of social engineering
- The connection between AI-enabled financial crime and global scam centres
- Human trafficking and the hidden infrastructure behind organized cybercrime
- AI ethics, governance, and responsible AI deployment
- What startups, enterprises, financial institutions, and policymakers should be doing today
- Audience Q&A
Expect a candid, multidisciplinary discussion exploring both the opportunities and risks created by the rapid advancement of AI.
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## 🎤 Startup / Builder Demo Opportunities
As tradition, we're opening a limited number of demo slots for founders, researchers, and builders to showcase their AI products during the event.
Whether you're building AI agents, developer tools, enterprise software, infrastructure, robotics, healthcare AI, or any applied AI solution, we'd love to hear from you.
Let us know in the registration form if you'd like to demo your project.
Selected teams will have the opportunity to present their work to the AI Salon community.***
## 📅 Event Details
Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026
Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Registration starts at 1:30PM)
Location: MRANTI Park***
## 🎯 Agenda
1:30 – 2:00 PM | Registration & Networking
2:00 – 2:10 PM | AI Salon KL Organizer Opening Remarks
2:10 – 2:30 PM | Parnters Opening Remarks
2:30 – 3:00 PM | Community Startup / Builder Demos
3:00 – 4:00 PM | Panel Session: AI Ethics & Financial Crime
4:00 – 5:00 PM | Open Networking***
## 🎯 What to Expect
✨ AI Ethics & Governance
Hear from experts on how organizations are approaching responsible AI, governance, and ethical decision-making as AI becomes increasingly embedded in critical systems.
🔐 Financial Crime & Fraud
Explore how AI is enabling new forms of fraud, scams, and financial crime—and how financial institutions, regulators, and technology companies are responding.
🚀 Startup Builder Showcases
Discover startups and technical builders creating AI products and infrastructure across Southeast Asia.
🤝 High-Quality Networking
Connect with AI founders, engineers, researchers, compliance professionals, lawyers, enterprise leaders, operators, investors, and policymakers shaping Malaysia's AI ecosystem.
💡 Practical Conversations
Move beyond the headlines with real-world discussions on AI governance, regulation, security, ethics, and financial crime.
🌐 Global Community
Be part of a worldwide network of AI builders and communities spanning Miami, Dubai, Cairo, Kuala Lumpur, and beyond.***
## 🌐 About AI Salon
AI Salon is a global community connecting AI founders, developers, researchers, and investors through city chapters around the world.
From Miami to Dubai, Cairo to Kuala Lumpur, AI Salon creates spaces for practical conversations, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing around real-world AI innovation.***
## 🤝 Proudly Supported By
**MRANTI** (Community Partner) – Malaysia’s national technology and innovation hub, connecting researchers, startups, industry, government, and investors to accelerate technology development and innovation.
**FPT AI Factory** – A comprehensive AI Developer cloud platform offering end-to-end NVIDIA-accelerated computing infrastructure to support the complete AI product lifecycle.
**Antler** – Global early-stage venture capital firm empowering exceptional founders.
**Tsuin AI** – AI startup building AI Twins that capture how engineers think and make decisions.9 attendees
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