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The AIR APAC AI Readiness Pulse, Q2 2026.

Name: AIR APAC AI Readiness Pulse, Q2 2026
Creator: AIR APAC
Published: 2026-07

1,000 APAC organisations ranked by public AI readiness signal (RPS), an outside-in visibility measure across 23 markets and 6 sectors. Screened from 5,820 candidate organisations across the region. Scores reflect public-evidence visibility, not verified readiness.

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Data collected January–June 2026. Published July 2026. Version Q2 2026.

5,820candidates screened

1,000published

23APAC markets

56.7mean RPS / 100

92%evidence A or B

How to read these scores

Scores reflect public-evidence visibility (RPS (Raw Public Signal)) and a hiring-adjusted public signal, not a private audit or statistical census. Market context uses CRP (Country Readiness Prior) and CERS (Country Enterprise Readiness Signal) benchmarks. The index covers all 23 markets. An additional enterprise-adoption benchmark is available for 12 of those markets; the remaining 11 show macro and state context only.

What the data shows

Three findings from Q2 2026.

Depth

Market separation appears stronger at the visible frontier and weaker in the tail, but the statistic changes materially across sourcing-depth slices. The series is publishable; no single value supports a market ranking.

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Lowest

Capability Visibility scores lowest of the five RPS signals. Organisations publish AI intent faster than they publish AI hiring.

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3,359

Of 5,820 candidates screened, 3,359cleared the evidence gate — only 1,000 are published. Absence from the index is not absence of activity.

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What RPS measuresFive weighted signals. Discoverability and AI evidence carry 50%.Expand for detail ↓

Five public signals. One visibility score.

RPS (Raw Public Signal) is an outside-in benchmark of publicly observable AI, data, digital, and hiring signals. It measures public signal strength, not the full extent of private internal capability.

25%Discoverability
Whether search and AI systems can find and identify the organisation.

25%AI and Digital Evidence
Public evidence of AI, data, analytics, automation, and digital activity.

20%Platform and Data Footprint
Public references to cloud, SaaS, ERP, CRM, and platform maturity.

15%Freshness and Authority
Recent third-party coverage: launches, partnerships, awards, news.

15%Capability Visibility
Public hiring and role signals for AI, data, analytics, and digital work.

Weight versus mean signal across the five RPS signals — Discoverability leads on mean signal; Capability Visibility is lowest after hiring-evidence hardening removed job-board and aggregator false positives.

Evidence confidence distribution across published organisations — 92% of published organisations carry grade A or B evidence. Grade reflects public evidence quality, not company performance.

The index

1,000 organisations, ranked by visibility.

Filter by market, sector, visibility tier, evidence confidence, or classification. Defaults to the 1,000 published organisations, all of which cleared the evidence gate. Each row links to a full evidence profile.

Search companyMarketSectorVisibility tierEvidenceSort

Entity typeServices classSupplier evidenceAdopter evidenceHas official evidenceJob-board-only riskEvidence gate only

Rank	Company	Market	Sector	Tier	RPS	Evidence	Signal
25	Sime Darby Propertysimedarbyproperty.com	Malaysia	Professional Services	Pacesetter	71	B	SupplierC
50	Finexus Groupfinexusgroup.com	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Pacesetter	68	B	SupplierAdopterP
56	Telekom Malaysiatm.com.my	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Pacesetter	68	B	SupplierAdopterP
97	Mastercardmastercard.com	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Pacesetter	65	B	SupplierAdopterP
123	HSBC Malaysiahsbc.com.my	Malaysia	Financial Services	Momentum	64	B
163	CelcomDigi Berhadcelcomdigi.com	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Momentum	62	B	SupplierAdopterP
189	MaiStorage Technologymaistorage.com	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Momentum	62	B	SupplierAdopterP
214	UEM Group Berhaduem.com.my	Malaysia	Professional Services	Momentum	62	B	SupplierC
226	Censof Holdings Berhadcensof.com	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Momentum	61	B	SupplierAdopterP
227	CIMB Bankcimb.com	Malaysia	Financial Services	Momentum	61	A
267	Redtone Digital Berhadredtone.com	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Momentum	60	B	SupplierAdopterP
299	Foodpanda Malaysiafoodpanda.com	Malaysia	Retail/E-commerce	Momentum	59	A
304	KESM Industries Berhadkesmi.com	Malaysia	Manufacturing	Momentum	59	B
314	MNRB Groupmnrb.com.my	Malaysia	Financial Services	Momentum	59	B
321	Pemandu Associatespemandu.org	Malaysia	Professional Services	Momentum	59	B	SupplierC
329	Shearn Delamore & Co.shearndelamore.com	Malaysia	Professional Services	Momentum	59	B	SupplierC
331	Shopee Malaysiashopee.com.my	Malaysia	Retail/E-commerce	Momentum	59	B
336	Tranglo Sdn Bhdtranglo.com	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Momentum	59	B	SupplierAdopterP
358	Lotus's Malaysialotuss.com.my	Malaysia	Retail/E-commerce	Momentum	58	B
368	Rhbgroup.comrhbgroup.com	Malaysia	Financial Services	Momentum	58	B
390	Boustead Heavy Industriesbhic.com.my	Malaysia	Manufacturing	Momentum	57	B
401	Genting Investmentgenting.com	Malaysia	Financial Services	Emerging	57	A
410	Maxismaxis.com.my	Malaysia	Professional Services	Emerging	57	B	SupplierC
421	Silver Lakesilverlake.com	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	57	B	SupplierAdopterP
429	Aerodyne Groupaerodyne.group	Malaysia	Professional Services	Emerging	56	B	SupplierC
430	AIA Malaysiaaia.com.my	Malaysia	Financial Services	Emerging	56	B
434	ATA IMS Berhadataims.com.my	Malaysia	Manufacturing	Emerging	56	B
435	Azmi & Associatesazmilaw.com	Malaysia	Professional Services	Emerging	56	B	SupplierC
458	Globetronics Sdn Bhdglobetronics.com.my	Malaysia	Manufacturing	Emerging	56	A
461	Harvey Norman Malaysiaharveynorman.com.my	Malaysia	Retail/E-commerce	Emerging	56	B
468	Inari Amertron Berhadinari-amertron.com	Malaysia	Manufacturing	Emerging	56	B
478	Mesiniaga Berhadmesiniaga.com.my	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	56	B	SupplierAdopterP
497	Senheng New Retail Berhadsenheng.com	Malaysia	Retail/E-commerce	Emerging	56	B
504	StashAway Malaysiastashaway.my	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	56	B	SupplierAdopterP
511	VSTECS Berhadvstecs.com.my	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	56	B	SupplierAdopterP
534	PayNet (Payments Network Malaysia)paynet.my	Malaysia	Financial Services	Emerging	55	B
573	Kawan Food Berhadkawanfood.com	Malaysia	Manufacturing	Emerging	54	B
574	Kotra Pharma (M) Sdn Bhdkotrapharma.com	Malaysia	Manufacturing	Emerging	54	B
582	MAMEE-Double Decker (M) Sdn Bhdmamee.com	Malaysia	Manufacturing	Emerging	54	B
588	Proton Holdingsproton.com	Malaysia	Manufacturing	Emerging	54	B
594	Sunway Groupsunway.com.my	Malaysia	Professional Services	Emerging	54	B	SupplierC
600	UMW Holdings Berhadumw.com.my	Malaysia	Manufacturing	Emerging	54	B
606	Zurich General Insurance Malaysia Berhadzurich.com.my	Malaysia	Financial Services	Emerging	54	B
610	Alliancebank.com.myalliancebank.com.my	Malaysia	Financial Services	Emerging	53	B
614	Axiata Digital (Aspirasi)axiata.com	Malaysia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	53	B	SupplierAdopterP
636	Coway Malaysiacoway.com.my	Malaysia	Retail/E-commerce	Emerging	53	C	Job-only
641	Dutchlady.com.mydutchlady.com.my	Malaysia	Manufacturing	Emerging	53	B
646	Gdexpress.comgdexpress.com	Malaysia	Logistics/Supply Chain	Emerging	53	B
648	Guardian Malaysiaguardian.com.my	Malaysia	Retail/E-commerce	Emerging	53	C	Job-only
670	LBS Bina Group Berhadlbs.com.my	Malaysia	Professional Services	Emerging	53	C	SupplierCJob-only

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Depth check and sector patterns

What the sample can support.

Between-market variance moving across seven sourcing-depth slices — The between-market share is not identified on this sample: it moves materially as the depth choice changes. The first five points use percentile-matched slices; the last two use fixed counts and are not clean endpoints. The movement is the finding, not any single value.

By sector (mean RPS)

Sector	n	Mean & 95% CI
Financial Services	268	56.9 56.2–57.7
Logistics/Supply Chain	89	55.6 54.6–56.6
Manufacturing	137	56.2 55.2–57.2
Professional Services	205	57.4 56.6–58.3
Retail/E-commerce	92	55.6 54.6–56.6
Tech/Fintech	209	56.9 56.1–57.7

Sectors are listed alphabetically, not ranked. RPS is public-evidence visibility, not verified readiness.

Candidate sourcing depth correlates with the country prior, and all five scored signals also load positively on depth. AIR APAC therefore publishes company rankings and each market’s own disclosed context, but no comparison of market means. Read defects D6 and D7 in the methodology.

Limitations

What this measures, and what it does not.

RPS measures public-evidence visibility, not verified internal readiness. Strategy intent that has not shipped, and budget that has not produced visible output, are not captured.
Known bias: organisations that publish in English and publish frequently score higher. Local-language sources are not yet included.
Sample construction: the universe is proxy-led, not a census. Absence from the index is not a finding of low activity.

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A sanitised public CSV with rank, RPS, adjusted RPS, visibility tier, evidence confidence, and classification for every published entity.

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22 of the 23 covered markets also publish a full PDF dossier: market readiness context, tier composition, and the top public-signal organisations for that market.

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