{
  "title": "Arrivals: AI companies landing in Singapore",
  "url": "https://ellencheng.com/arrivals/",
  "curator": "Ellen Cheng",
  "updated": "2026-10-27",
  "count": 18,
  "entries": [
    {
      "slug": "tokenpulse",
      "name": "TokenPulse",
      "people": "Thomas Pang, Chairman",
      "what": "AI inference infrastructure for developers and AI-native apps, without upfront GPU commitments.",
      "sector": "AI infrastructure",
      "signal": "Landing",
      "note": "Opened its Asia-Pacific operating hub in Singapore, which it now treats as a co-headquarters alongside San Francisco.",
      "date": "2026-10-23",
      "source_title": "GlobeNewswire",
      "source_url": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/23/3387187/0/en/tokenpulse-opens-singapore-apac-operating-hub.html",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "moonshot-ai",
      "name": "Moonshot AI",
      "what": "Maker of the Kimi models, including the open-weight Kimi K3.",
      "sector": "Foundation models",
      "signal": "Hiring",
      "note": "Posted a Singapore-based sales role to build local revenue and partnerships. Its Singapore entity, incorporated in 2023, was renamed Novascent in June.",
      "date": "2026-10-21",
      "source_title": "Reuters via US News",
      "source_url": "https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-10-21/chinas-moonshot-ai-to-operate-in-singapore-jobs-post-shows",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "horizon3",
      "name": "Horizon3.ai",
      "people": "Snehal Antani, CEO and co-founder",
      "what": "AI-native offensive security platform that autonomously finds and validates attack paths.",
      "sector": "AI security",
      "signal": "Landing",
      "note": "Set 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.",
      "date": "2026-10-19",
      "source_title": "Horizon3.ai",
      "source_url": "https://horizon3.ai/news/press-release/horizon3-singapore-expansion-asean-headquarters/",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "elevenlabs",
      "name": "ElevenLabs",
      "people": "Eugene Liang, General Manager, Asia",
      "what": "Voice AI for speech synthesis, dubbing and voice agents.",
      "sector": "Voice AI",
      "signal": "Landing",
      "note": "Opened a Singapore office as its Southeast Asia hub, after launching Singapore data residency in July.",
      "date": "2026-10-08",
      "source_title": "ElevenLabs",
      "source_url": "https://elevenlabs.io/blog/elevenlabs-singapore",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "0g",
      "name": "0G",
      "people": "Michael Heinrich, CEO and co-founder",
      "what": "AI infrastructure focused on private, verifiable computing for sensitive AI workloads.",
      "sector": "AI infrastructure",
      "signal": "Landing",
      "note": "Plans its global headquarters in Singapore with at least S$20 million over five years, including research with NTU.",
      "date": "2026-10-07",
      "source_title": "TNGlobal",
      "source_url": "https://technode.global/2026/10/07/0g-singapore-global-hq-20m-investment/",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "hirona-ai",
      "name": "Hirona AI",
      "people": "MiAO Worlds",
      "what": "An autonomous AI recruiter that runs first-round voice interviews through a shareable link, then scores and shortlists candidates.",
      "sector": "HR tech",
      "signal": "Hiring",
      "note": "Hiring its first dedicated go-to-market lead to build the pipeline from Singapore into Southeast Asia.",
      "date": "2026-10",
      "source_title": "Job listing",
      "source_url": "https://revpath.dealhub.io/jobs/615960181-gtm-manager-ai",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "manus",
      "name": "Manus",
      "people": "Red Xiao, founder",
      "what": "General-purpose AI agent that completes multi-step tasks such as research and bookings.",
      "sector": "AI agents",
      "signal": "Funding",
      "note": "Singapore-headquartered since mid-2025; reported in September to be raising about US$500 million after Meta's acquisition was blocked.",
      "date": "2026-09-17",
      "source_title": "Caproasia",
      "source_url": "https://www.caproasia.com/2026/09/17/singapore-based-ai-agent-startup-manus-ai-to-raise-500-million-in-new-funding-at-4-billion-valuation-founded-in-2022-by-red-xiao-hong-as-a-product-of-china-startup-beijing-butterfly-effect-technolo/",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "plaud",
      "name": "Plaud",
      "people": "Nathan Xu, CEO and co-founder",
      "what": "AI-powered note-taking hardware.",
      "sector": "AI hardware",
      "signal": "Landing",
      "note": "Opened 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.",
      "date": "2026-09-16",
      "source_title": "TNGlobal",
      "source_url": "https://technode.global/2026/09/16/plaud-singapore-20m-apac-headquarters/",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sharpa",
      "name": "Sharpa",
      "people": "David Li, Xiang Shaoqing and Sun Kai, co-founders of Hesai",
      "what": "Dexterous robotic hands and humanoid robots, from the co-founders of lidar maker Hesai.",
      "sector": "Robotics",
      "signal": "Funding",
      "note": "Headquartered in Singapore with an office in Shanghai; raised about US$669 million in August from investors including Alibaba, Meituan, Tencent and JD.com.",
      "date": "2026-08-31",
      "source_title": "DealStreetAsia",
      "source_url": "https://dealstreetasia.com/stories/ai-robotics-startup-sharpa-funding-493670",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "causal-labs",
      "name": "Causal Labs",
      "people": "Dar Mehta, CEO and co-founder",
      "what": "Large physics models for prediction and control.",
      "sector": "Physical AI",
      "signal": "Event",
      "note": "Its CEO spoke on predicting and controlling the physical world at Lorong AI.",
      "date": "2026-06-17",
      "source_title": "Luma",
      "source_url": "https://luma.com/f9tv1ekw",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ropedia",
      "name": "Ropedia",
      "people": "Fangzhou Hong, co-founder and CTO",
      "what": "Builds the data layer for world models and embodied AI.",
      "sector": "Embodied AI",
      "signal": "Event",
      "note": "Its CTO spoke on data for world models at Lorong AI, Singapore's national AI community space.",
      "date": "2026-06-17",
      "source_title": "Luma",
      "source_url": "https://luma.com/f9tv1ekw",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "aaru",
      "name": "Aaru",
      "people": "Ned Koh, co-founder",
      "what": "AI simulation company valued at over US$1 billion.",
      "sector": "AI simulation",
      "signal": "Event",
      "note": "Expanding to Singapore; its co-founder spoke at SuperAI 2026 at Marina Bay Sands.",
      "date": "2026-06-10",
      "source_title": "SuperAI 2026 programme",
      "source_url": "https://www.fccsingapore.com/events/upcoming-events/e/event/superai-2026.html",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "harvey",
      "name": "Harvey",
      "what": "AI platform for law firms and legal teams.",
      "sector": "Legal AI",
      "signal": "Landing",
      "note": "Opened a Singapore office with legal engineering, customer success and sales staff, and is hiring locally.",
      "date": "2026-06-02",
      "source_title": "Harvey",
      "source_url": "https://www.harvey.ai/blog/harvey-opens-in-singapore",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "simular",
      "name": "Simular",
      "people": "Ang Li, founder",
      "what": "Silicon Valley AI agent company.",
      "sector": "AI agents",
      "signal": "Event",
      "note": "Founder spoke at the SuperAI Demo Night bridging Silicon Valley and Singapore founders.",
      "date": "2026-06",
      "source_title": "Event page",
      "source_url": "https://luma.com/superai2026",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "supermem",
      "name": "SuperMem",
      "people": "Kisson, founder",
      "what": "AI startup working across the US and Singapore.",
      "sector": "AI applications",
      "signal": "Event",
      "note": "Founder spoke at the SuperAI Demo Night bridging Silicon Valley and Singapore founders.",
      "date": "2026-06",
      "source_title": "Event page",
      "source_url": "https://luma.com/superai2026",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "cognition",
      "name": "Cognition",
      "people": "Richard Spence, VP and GM, Asia-Pacific",
      "what": "Maker of Devin, an AI software engineer that works alongside development teams.",
      "sector": "AI coding",
      "signal": "Landing",
      "note": "Named Singapore its Asia-Pacific headquarters, covering Southeast Asia, Australia, India and Korea; OCBC is an existing local customer.",
      "date": "2026-04-29",
      "source_title": "TNGlobal",
      "source_url": "https://technode.global/2026/04/29/ai-coding-agent-cognition-expands-to-singapore-as-asia-pacific-hub/",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "video-rebirth",
      "name": "Video Rebirth",
      "people": "Dan Kong, co-founder and COO; Difu Li, co-founder and CSO",
      "what": "Industrial-grade AI video engine whose Bach model generates physics-consistent video for content and physical-AI training.",
      "sector": "AI video",
      "signal": "Funding",
      "note": "Added 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.",
      "date": "2026-03-17",
      "source_title": "Pulse 2.0",
      "source_url": "https://pulse2.com/video-rebirth-80-million-raised-for-industrial-grade-ai-video-engine-and-bach-model-commercialization/",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "slug": "pixverse",
      "name": "PixVerse",
      "people": "Changhu Wang, CEO; Jaden Xie, co-founder",
      "what": "AI video generation platform with over 100 million users across 175 countries.",
      "sector": "AI video",
      "signal": "Landing",
      "note": "Raised a Series C led by CDH Investments and opened a global office in Singapore for enterprise sales and partnerships.",
      "date": "2026-03-13",
      "source_title": "TNGlobal",
      "source_url": "https://technode.global/2026/03/13/ai-video-generation-platform-pixverse-raises-series-c-funding-opens-global-office-in-singapore/",
      "added": "2026-10-27"
    }
  ]
}