UrbanMetry: How Are They Simplifying Home Ownership With UrbanWave.ai?

Koh Cha-Ly, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, UrbanMetry | Chloe Yiin, Product Growth Manager, Urbanwave

25-Mar-25 10:00

UrbanMetry: How Are They Simplifying Home Ownership With UrbanWave.ai?

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In this episode of Open For Business, we speak with Koh Cha-Ly, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at UrbanMetry, a data analytics company in Malaysia that provides AI-powered solutions to help cities and governments analyse large amounts of city data through their proprietary algorithms. Also with us is Chloe Yiin, Product Growth Manager of Urbanwave or Urban NX, a home co-ownership program run by UrbanMetry to help people upcycle homes in well-loved neighbourhoods by providing cash for renovations. We discuss their journey into the AI space with Urbanwave and how it works as well as how they aim to create a sustainable path to home ownership.

Produced by: Kishan Sivaswamy

Presented by: Richard Bradbury

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Categories: technology, Women in Business, environment, entrepreneurs, property

Tags: ai-driven data analytics, affordable homeownership, data-driven decisions, property development, urban planning,

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