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Ex-Employee Alleges Singapore AI Startup Asked Malaysian Staff to Pose as Singaporeans
A former team lead of a Singapore-based AI startup has gone public with explosive allegations that the company instructed Malaysian employees to pretend to be Singaporeans when speaking with clients, among a litany of other workplace misconduct claims.
Brrandom to Set Up Singapore AI Centre of Excellence in Regional Expansion Push
Brrandom, the India and Southeast Asia-headquartered AI-native marketing technology company, has announced a major expansion into Singapore and Indonesia on its third anniversary. The company will establish a Regional AI Centre of Excellence in Singapore and open new offices in Indonesia.
More Than Half of Singaporeans Now Use AI for Financial Advice, Survey Finds
More than half of Singaporeans now use generative AI tools for financial advice, according to a fresh survey from Sun Life Financial Asia. The findings reveal that everyday investors are turning to chatbots and AI assistants to allocate monthly budgets, navigate insurance options, and.
Sumsub Launches AI Agent Tools to Automate Compliance Workflows in Singapore
Sumsub has introduced a new AI agent integration that lets compliance teams transform anti-money laundering policies into configured verification workflows in minutes rather than days. Built on the Model Context Protocol, the system connects directly to popular AI tools including Claude.
Global AI Firms Race to Hire in Singapore as OpenAI, Plaud and Mistral Expand
OpenAI has surged to 37 open roles in Singapore—a 68% increase in one month—while Plaud, Mistral, and ElevenLabs add dozens of positions, cementing the city-state's status as Asia's leading AI talent hub. Singapore's ~US$780 million AI commitment and new startup cluster are drawing frontier labs and buzzy startups alike.
Singapore Fresh Grads Land S$90K AI Roles as Pay Surges 5x Faster Than Average
Fresh graduates in Singapore are securing AI-related roles with salaries of S$70,000 to S$90,000 annually — five times faster than the national wage growth average — as insatiable demand for AI talent reshapes the city-state's entry-level job market.
Trust Bank's AI Chatbot Cuts Agent-Handled Chats by 50% as Customer Base Ages Up
Trust Bank, the Singapore digital bank backed by Standard Chartered and FairPrice Group, revealed that its generative AI chatbot has reduced customer chats handled by human agents by 50% and cut complaints by roughly 40%. With over a quarter of its one million customers aged 55 and above, the bank's AI deployment shows that generative AI is delivering measurable results across a diverse, multi-generational customer base in Singapore.
AISG Partners with US National Science Foundation on Trustworthy AI Research
AI Singapore has launched a collaborative research project with the US National Science Foundation, bringing together researchers from NTU, SMU, and MIT to tackle one of AI's hardest problems: making human-AI collaboration systems truly trustworthy. The project aims to build AI systems that can handle complex decision-making through natural language while remaining transparent, explainable, and reliable.
Singapore's May non-oil exports surge 38.4% on AI-led electronics boom
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports jumped 38.4% in May from a year earlier, with the electronics segment posting an extraordinary 82.8% surge driven by insatiable global demand for AI-related components. The data, released by EnterpriseSG, shows that total trade reached S$116.6 billion in May,.
Affinidi and CardInfoLink Launch First AI Agent Trust Layer in Singapore
Singapore-founded trust infrastructure company Affinidi and payment platform CardInfoLink have deployed the first commercial trust layer for AI agent transactions in Asia, putting a governance and audit system into production on CardInfoLink's agentic commerce platform Agenzo.
Singapore Ranks Second Globally for AI Workforce Adoption but Leaders Lag
Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index ranks Singapore second globally on its AI Diffusion Index, with 66% of employees producing work they could not have created a year ago, but only 24% believe their leadership has a clear AI strategy — below the global average of 26%.
Not at the Peak of the AI Cycle, Says Eastspring Investments
Eastspring Investments' chief economist Ray Farris argues the AI investment cycle has not peaked despite recent market volatility, advising investors not to write off the theme as the sector shifts into later-cycle dynamics with slower but still meaningful growth.