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Top 10 Generative AI Startup Leaders from Southeast Asia - 2025

South East Asia is rapidly emerging as one of the world’s most dynamic centres for generative AI innovation, driven by a new wave of entrepreneurs who are reshaping how businesses, governments, and consumers interact with technology. Leaders of generative AI startups across the region are pioneering solutions that span multilingual large language models, automation platforms, creative AI, cybersecurity intelligence, healthcare augmentation, fintech enhancement, and enterprise productivity tools. Their work reflects a bold shift toward home-grown innovation that addresses the region’s unique linguistic, cultural, and economic diversity.

These leaders are not simply building products - they are architecting the next era of digital transformation. By combining deep technical expertise with strong market understanding, they are creating AI systems that are scalable, inclusive, and optimized for real-world impact. Their startups are driving adoption across sectors such as finance, retail, logistics, education, media, and public services - helping organizations solve long-standing challenges through intelligent automation and data-driven decision-making.

What distinguishes South East Asia’s generative AI leaders is their focus on responsible and context-aware innovation. They emphasise data ethics, transparency, and governance while pushing the boundaries of performance and usability. Supported by vibrant ecosystems in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines, these founders benefit from strong talent pools, active venture funding, and a rising regional appetite for advanced AI capabilities.

Together, these leaders represent the transformative potential of South East Asia’s AI ecosystem—shaping the region into a global hub for cutting-edge, locally relevant, and future-ready generative AI innovation.

CEO Insights Asia in this issue presents a list of ‘Top 10 Generative AI Startup Leaders from Southeast Asia - 2025' who have leveraged their extensive industry expertise and experience in offering effective skills to the market. The following list has been prepared after being closely scrutinized by a distinguished panel of judges including CXOs, analysts and our editorial board. We recognize their valuable contribution to the ever expanding and competitive market and their ability to sustain themselves and emerge as top contestants through their reliable knowledge.

Top 10 Generative AI Startup Leaders from Southeast Asia - 2025

Company Management	Company Name	Company Description
Anthony Kevin, CEO	Fr8co	With a background in AI and digital transformation, he drives the company's vision to revolutionize industries through cutting-edge AI technologies
Bernard Leong, Co-Founder & CEO	Dorje AI	He is an experienced senior executive with an extensive background in business and technology management, specializing in digital transformation and enterprise go-to-market strategies
Jong Hang Siong, Founder & Chairman	Otonoco AI	With expertise spanning AI, machine learning, and digital transformation, he drives innovation that enables businesses to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and more
Julien Gadea, CEO	SalesMind AI	He is skilled in Lead Generation, Software as a Service (SaaS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Sales, Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, Market Expansion, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Mukkul Dasgupta, Co-Founder	Blue Raven AI	He has led multi-disciplinary teams in strategy, operations, analytics, and product engineering at top-tier technology and management consulting firms across the USA, APAC, and Europe
Paruey A, Founder & CEO	Spacely AI	He oversees strategy, new venture development, product management, and business development, driving growth and innovation across diverse industries
Peiru Teo, CEO	KeyReply	She has expertise in natural language AI applications and implementations, change management, digital transformation, and Generative AI deployment
Raunak Tiwary, Co-Founder & CBO	Panto AI	With years of experience scaling fintech and AI products across India and Southeast Asia, he is skilled in product development, go-to-market (GTM) strategy, partnerships, and fundraising
Vijayendran Nagarajan, CEO	Iorta Technxt	With experience in strategy, sales, and operations, he focuses on customer-led solutions and partner collaboration, and under his leadership, the firm is rapidly emerging as a leader in AIdriven digital transformation for the insurance and banking sectors
Yash Jain, Founder	Weaver AI	He specializes in Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence for Business, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Management, and Strategy

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