AI companies and founders landing in Singapore, logged as they arrive: new entities and regional hubs, first local hires, fresh funding, and who is on stage here.
Curated by Ellen Cheng from public sources and her own conversations.
AI inference infrastructure for developers and AI-native apps, without upfront GPU commitments.
AI infrastructureOpened its Asia-Pacific operating hub in Singapore, which it now treats as a co-headquarters alongside San Francisco.
GlobeNewswire ↗Maker of the Kimi models, including the open-weight Kimi K3.
Foundation modelsPosted a Singapore-based sales role to build local revenue and partnerships. Its Singapore entity, incorporated in 2023, was renamed Novascent in June.
Reuters via US News ↗AI-native offensive security platform that autonomously finds and validates attack paths.
AI securitySet up its ASEAN headquarters and a regional centre of excellence in Singapore, backed by EDB and EDBI, and is growing local sales and partner teams.
Horizon3.ai ↗Voice AI for speech synthesis, dubbing and voice agents.
Voice AIOpened a Singapore office as its Southeast Asia hub, after launching Singapore data residency in July.
ElevenLabs ↗AI infrastructure focused on private, verifiable computing for sensitive AI workloads.
AI infrastructurePlans its global headquarters in Singapore with at least S$20 million over five years, including research with NTU.
TNGlobal ↗An autonomous AI recruiter that runs first-round voice interviews through a shareable link, then scores and shortlists candidates.
HR techHiring its first dedicated go-to-market lead to build the pipeline from Singapore into Southeast Asia.
Job listing ↗General-purpose AI agent that completes multi-step tasks such as research and bookings.
AI agentsSingapore-headquartered since mid-2025; reported in September to be raising about US$500 million after Meta's acquisition was blocked.
Caproasia ↗AI-powered note-taking hardware.
AI hardwareOpened its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore in September, doubling its commitment to S$20 million; its local team grew from zero to about 100 in a year.
TNGlobal ↗Dexterous robotic hands and humanoid robots, from the co-founders of lidar maker Hesai.
RoboticsHeadquartered in Singapore with an office in Shanghai; raised about US$669 million in August from investors including Alibaba, Meituan, Tencent and JD.com.
DealStreetAsia ↗Large physics models for prediction and control.
Physical AIBuilds the data layer for world models and embodied AI.
Embodied AIIts CTO spoke on data for world models at Lorong AI, Singapore's national AI community space.
Luma ↗AI simulation company valued at over US$1 billion.
AI simulationExpanding to Singapore; its co-founder spoke at SuperAI 2026 at Marina Bay Sands.
SuperAI 2026 programme ↗AI platform for law firms and legal teams.
Legal AIOpened a Singapore office with legal engineering, customer success and sales staff, and is hiring locally.
Harvey ↗Silicon Valley AI agent company.
AI agentsFounder spoke at the SuperAI Demo Night bridging Silicon Valley and Singapore founders.
Event page ↗AI startup working across the US and Singapore.
AI applicationsFounder spoke at the SuperAI Demo Night bridging Silicon Valley and Singapore founders.
Event page ↗Maker of Devin, an AI software engineer that works alongside development teams.
AI codingNamed Singapore its Asia-Pacific headquarters, covering Southeast Asia, Australia, India and Korea; OCBC is an existing local customer.
TNGlobal ↗Industrial-grade AI video engine whose Bach model generates physics-consistent video for content and physical-AI training.
AI videoAdded a US$30 million extension to its November round, bringing total funding to US$80 million, with AMD Ventures and Hyundai Motor Group among backers.
Pulse 2.0 ↗AI video generation platform with over 100 million users across 175 countries.
AI videoRaised a Series C led by CDH Investments and opened a global office in Singapore for enterprise sales and partnerships.
TNGlobal ↗If you are building an AI company and setting up here, tell me what you are working on. I read every note, and the ones I can help get a conversation.
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