Operator · Builder · Advisor to executives · Kuala Lumpur

Isaac Tan.

I help executives find where AI creates real business value — then ship the tools their teams actually use.

2 retainer slots open · H2 2026 · Working with CEOs & founders across SEA · See engagements →

I don't just advise on AI — I ship it.

The advisory work is sharper because I'm still in the trenches. Two products live, with paying users and a real P&L behind them. Everything I tell a client, I'm running on myself first.

Live in Malaysia · 2026
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Kelas Sekejap

An AI app that teaches Malaysians anything. Starting with English.

The bet: an AI tutor can do what a classroom never could — meet every learner exactly where they are, on their schedule, in their language. We start with English because it's the door. The thesis is bigger. Anything anyone wants to learn — a language, a trade, a mindset — for Malaysia, and for the rest of the region.

Co-founded with Khairy Jamaluddin & Sharil Hamdan.
kelassekejap.com
Kuala Lumpur & San Francisco
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Project 65

An AI venture lab. We co-found, build, and ship AI-native companies.

We don't invest from the sidelines. We partner with proven operators and domain experts who already own their industry, and we bring the engineering, AI/ML, product, design, and growth horsepower to turn their thesis into a company. Models converge. The people who deeply understand a field don't.

First venture: Kelas Sekejap · Building next with Khailee Ng & other regional founders.

A decade in the messy middle of AI.

Before product, I spent years on the inputs — the data, the labels, the pipelines that decide whether a model is actually useful. The work most executives never see, but their AI bets quietly depend on.

2026 —
Project 65 · Kelas Sekejap
Founding Partner at P65, an AI venture lab co-founding AI-native companies with domain experts. Anchor venture is Kelas Sekejap — co-founded with KJ & Sharil Hamdan.
Current
2025 —
Founding Member · Malaysian.ai · AI Residency
In partnership with 500 Global. I run the AI Residency that houses Malaysia's top AI builders and community leaders — and advise senior business leaders across Southeast Asia navigating AI adoption.
Current
2014 — 2024
Co-founder · SUPA
Built one of Southeast Asia's largest AI data infrastructure companies — 15,000+ expert annotators, 1M+ data points/week. Powered frontier research labs (foundation models) and autonomous-driving teams. Annotation pipelines, active learning loops, eval frameworks. Acquired by TDCX.
Data & AI · Exit
Always
Open-source AI & research
Longstanding contributor to open-source AI — research papers, public tooling, and the unglamorous infrastructure work the field quietly depends on.
Community

A direct line for executives learning and making real AI bets.

I work 1:1 with a small number of CEOs, founders, and operating leaders. Message me anytime, ask me anything. A weekly AI brief that's actually useful — to you and your business. Two hours a week, working on what's on your desk. No decks. No process theater.

3
Executive retainers running at a time. Capped on purpose.
2hr
Working session each week — on what's actually on your desk.
10y+
Built SUPA, frontier-lab data infra. Now building at Project 65.
0
Cost if we're not the right fit. No fit, no charge.
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Direct 1:1 line

Message me anytime — Slack, voice note, email, SMS. Ask me anything you can't ask your team, your board, or anyone with a stake in the answer. I respond in hours, not days, on the calls that matter.

02

Weekly AI brief

Every week, a brief written for you — not a newsletter. What's shipping, what's hype, what changes the calculus on the bets you're already making. Curated against your business, your board, your roadmap.

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~2 hours together each week

A working session built around what's actually on your desk — the hire, the deck, the call you've been deferring, the product spec, the board prep. No agenda theater. We work on the real thing.

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Honest counsel on the calls

Where to bet, who to hire, what to kill, when to ship. I tell you what I'd actually do — backed by ten years operating at the deepest layer of the modern AI stack — and then I help you do it.

2 of 3 slots open · booking H2 2026

The Retainer

For executives, founders, and operating leaders making real AI bets. One engagement type. 1:1. No business tier, no team layers, no consultant-speak.

Executive · 1:1
RM 5,000/ month
≈ USD $1,100 / month
Minimum 3 months · cancel any time after
  • Direct 1:1 line — Slack, voice note, email. Ask anything.
  • Weekly AI brief — curated for you & your business.
  • ~2 hours together each week — working on what's on your desk.
  • Hours, not days response on the hard calls.
  • Honest pushback — no consultant-speak, no decks.
  • Real privacy — what's said stays said.
  • Your private AI stack, set up — I'll help you get OpenClaw, Claude, Codex & co. wired up and working the way you work.
Book an intro call 30-min intro · no fit, no charge
How it starts 30-minute intro call. · Three executive retainers running at a time, max. · Invoiced in MYR or USD. · isaachengwai@gmail.com

Let's make the call.

One email. A 30-minute intro to see if we should work together. If we don't fit, you keep the half-hour and the candor.