PETALING JAYA: As artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics increasingly move into everyday life, i-Berhad’s i-City is collaborating with Mesiniaga Bhd to develop what is believed to be the world’s first Urban Intelligence Platform designed specifically to orchestrate AI-native residential living.
The initiative builds on i-City’s previously announced AI Living development – recognised as the world’s first AI and robotics residential development – by focusing on the one missing layer required to make AI-native living function cohesively: the brain behind the ecosystem.
While many smart buildings today operate as collections of disconnected applications and devices, the AI Living Urban Intelligence Platform is intended to function as a unified orchestration platform that enables robotics, wellness systems, building management, security, mobility and future AI services to work together seamlessly in real time.
The objective is not to expose residents to more technology, but to make technology work invisibly in the background to enhance safety, security and everyday living experiences. At the core of the collaboration is a proprietary intelligence platform designed to coordinate multiple systems seamlessly, enabling residents to experience an adaptive, intuitive and integrated living environment rather than fragmented technologies and applications.
Unlike conventional smart home ecosystems where residents manage separate apps for security, access, wellness, deliveries and automation, the platform is designed as a single integration layer capable of coordinating multiple technology platforms.
The result is an environment where robots can move intelligently through buildings with coordinated lift and access permissions; wellness systems can automatically trigger emergency response protocols; buildings can adapt energy, lighting and ventilation dynamically based on occupancy and behavioural patterns; security systems can work proactively rather than reactively and future technologies can be integrated without redesigning the entire ecosystem.
The AI Living technology framework describes this transition as moving away from “a collection of gadgets” towards “an intelligent living ecosystem”, where a single Urban Intelligence Platform orchestrates multiple systems seamlessly in the background.
The collaboration is structured around a vendor-agnostic philosophy, ensuring the ecosystem can evolve continuously as AI and robotics technologies advance over the coming decades.
According to Mesiniaga deputy CEO Chua Seng Teong, the collaboration leverages Mesiniaga’s established expertise in systems integration alongside its growing AI capabilities to enable the next generation of intelligent infrastructure, physical AI and artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (AIoT) ecosystems.
“AI Living marks a significant step forward from standalone smart technologies towards a fully integrated ecosystem where robotics, wellness, security and intelligent building services can work together seamlessly in real time to deliver enhanced safety, security and living experiences,” he added.
The development of the platform is especially significant because it represents the creation of the “brain” behind seamless AI-native living.
I-Berhad chairman Tan Sri Lim Kim Hong said, “In the past, buildings were designed around physical infrastructure. In the future, buildings will increasingly be designed around orchestration intelligence. The real challenge is no longer whether robotics, AI wellness systems or intelligent buildings can exist independently. The challenge is enabling them to function together naturally, invisibly and reliably as part of everyday life. This is our AI Living vision.”
The initiative also reflects i-City’s broader ambition to transform real estate into adaptive, software-enabled environments. Rather than treating AI as an add-on feature, AI Living is designed around the idea that intelligence itself becomes part of the operating layer of the residential ecosystem.
The collaboration also reflects a broader industry transition from digitally connected buildings towards software-defined living environments powered by orchestration intelligence. As AI Living progresses towards its targeted completion in 2030, the development of the Urban Intelligence Platform is expected to become one of the foundational technologies enabling the transition from smart buildings to truly AI-native living environments.
