Operator, builder, advisor to executives. Kuala Lumpur.

Isaac Tan

I help executives learn, understand, and ship AI. From the first question to the tools their teams actually use.

2 retainer slots open, H2 2026 Working with CEOs and founders across Southeast Asia See how I work
01Building now

A live AI tutor, and the venture lab behind it.

Kelas Sekejap teaches Malaysians, starting with English. Project 65 is the lab behind it, co-founding AI-native companies with the operators who already own their field.

Live in Malaysia, 202601

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 is the door. The thesis is bigger. Anything anyone wants to learn (a language, a trade, a mindset), for Malaysia and the rest of the region.

Co-founded with Khairy Jamaluddin and Sharil Hamdan.
kelassekejap.com
Kuala Lumpur and San Francisco02

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 and other regional founders.
02Track record

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 and Sharil Hamdan.
Current
2025
Founding Member, Malaysian.ai
AI Residency in partnership with 500 Global. I run the residency that houses Malaysia's top AI builders and community leaders, and advise senior business leaders across Southeast Asia navigating AI adoption.
Current
2015–2025
Co-founder, SUPA
Built one of Southeast Asia's largest AI data infrastructure companies. 15,000+ expert annotators, 1M+ data points per week, powering frontier research labs (foundation models) and autonomous-driving teams. Annotation pipelines, active learning loops, eval frameworks. Acquired by TDCX.
Data and AI, exit
Always
Open-source AI and research
Longstanding contributor to open-source AI: research papers, public tooling, and the unglamorous infrastructure work the field quietly depends on.
Community
03Advisory

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 is actually useful to you and your business. Two hours a week on what is on your desk. No decks. No process theater.

Three retainers at a time, capped on purpose./ Ten years building frontier-AI data infrastructure./ No fit, no charge.
01

Direct 1:1 line

Message me anytime: Slack, voice note, email, SMS. Ask me the things 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 is shipping, what is hype, what changes the calculus on the bets you are already making. Curated against your business, your board, your roadmap.

03

Two hours together, every week

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

04

Honest counsel on the calls

Where to bet, who to hire, what to kill, when to ship. I tell you what I would actually do, backed by ten years operating at the deepest layer of the modern AI stack, 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
Around 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 and your business.
  • Two hours together each week on what is on your desk.
  • Response in hours, not days, on the hard calls.
  • Honest pushback. No consultant-speak, no decks.
  • Real privacy. What is said stays said.
  • Your private AI stack, set up. I'll help you get OpenClaw, Claude, Codex and co. wired up and working the way you work.
Book an intro call 30-minute intro. No fit, no charge.
How it starts: a 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.

isaachengwai@gmail.com
© 2026 Isaac Tan. Kuala Lumpur. Operating across Southeast Asia. Two retainer slots open, H2 2026.