Jeff Yew, a Malaysian motorsport enthusiast who previously headed Binance Australia, is considering establishing his own technology campus at Forest City, the troubled US$100 billion development in southern Malaysia. Puan, who also founded Malaysia-listed Green Packet in 2000, spent a month at the Network School last year with his son. His 2022 book The Network State provided a blueprint, suggesting that online groups crowdfund land for their members to live on according to their principles – like “techno-optimism” or healthy eating. Implications for Malaysia’s tech futureMalaysia’s case for investors is unlikely, however, to be dimmed by the experimental Network School exit. “The case will be remembered, if at all, as a footnote in Malaysia’s tech investment history,” he said.