Under the newly inked Team Agreement, ProtoTy will collaborate with MYBIG to jointly supply innovative AI solutions throughout Malaysia and Indonesia, leveraging MYBIG’s extensive regional sales channels. The two firms aim to combine ProtoTy’s advanced AI technology with MYBIG’s strong local networks to enhance competitiveness and deliver smart-solution services to government-linked and enterprise-level projects.

“This partnership with MYBIG marks a key milestone in demonstrating ProtoTy’s technological competitiveness across Southeast Asia,” said Park Seung-hyun, CEO of ProtoTy. “We plan to accelerate our localization efforts and provide more innovative AI-driven services to customers in the region.”

MYBIG CEO Kong Chia-hing echoed the sentiment, noting that MYBIG is “deeply confident in ProtoTy’s AI expertise” and intends to “lead the digital transformation of the local market through a strong and sustainable collaboration.”

Founded by IT professionals with more than 15 years of overseas experience, ProtoTy operates development hubs in South Korea, Vietnam, and Uzbekistan, employing a global workforce of over 2,000 engineers. The company offers AI-based outsourcing and developer subscription services, allowing clients to scale technical resources flexibly. Its flagship platforms include ProtoTy AI, an intelligent talent-matching service, and ProtoTy Academy, an online learning and content-creation hub that connects skilled professionals worldwide.

ProtoTy also collaborates with Uzinfocom, Uzbekistan’s national IT enterprise, on a suite of next-generation digital healthcare solutions — including a unified electronic medical record (EMR) system, MyID biometric authentication, and palm-vein and facial-recognition access technologies — slated for upcoming deployment in both South Korea and Malaysia.

The partnership with MYBIG cements ProtoTy’s growing presence in Southeast Asia and signals a broader regional ambition: to become a core enabler of government-led AI innovation and smart infrastructure across emerging markets.

MIMOS, operating under Malaysia’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), is the national-applied research and development centre responsible for advancing digital infrastructure and technological innovation across the country. The agency functions as a key node in Malaysia’s ambition to become a regional digital hub.

During the visit, ProtoTy presented a range of its AI-based smart services and advanced digital solutions. Alongside the MYBIG team, the company engaged in wide-ranging discussions with MIMOS officials about potential joint-initiatives. Among the highlighted capabilities were its experience in biometric access systems developed in collaboration with Uzbekistan’s state IT company Uzinfocom and its integrated digital hospital project — both cited as demonstration models of government-digital transformation alliances in emerging markets.

The impetus, according to ProtoTy, is to leverage these proof-points and elevate the cooperation with MIMOS to a new level. As a symbol of the burgeoning relationship, MIMOS awarded ProtoTy a “Best Compliment” plaque — an official acknowledgment of the company’s contribution to local digital innovation. The recognition is expected to lay the foundation for broadening the partnership further.

In a parallel development, MYBIG presented ProtoTy with a gratitude plaque for its collaboration in the recent Malaysia Ministry of Education event held in South Korea, underscoring the bilateral dimension of the Korea-Malaysia cooperation in education and digital transformation.

Speaking on the occasion, CEO Park remarked: “Our cooperation with MIMOS represents a meaningful first step as we lead global convergence business at the heart of Southeast Asia’s digital innovation cluster. To expedite commercialization, we will continue regular remote meetings and technical exchanges with MIMOS, MYBIG and Uzbekistan’s Uzinfocom.” Looking forward, ProtoTy plans to work with its partners in Malaysia and Uzbekistan to identify and pilot various innovation models applied to government projects and international digital-transformation efforts.

The visit and the ensuing agreements reflect a broader trend: Korean AI-tech firms increasingly view Southeast Asia not only as a market but as a partner in co-creating next-generation digital solutions tied to public-sector transformation. The collaboration between ProtoTy and MIMOS may thus signal the emergence of a new regional axis of AI-based innovation bridging East Asia and Southeast Asia.