Introducing OpenAI for Singapore

Today at the ATx Summit in Singapore, we’re launching OpenAI for Singapore, a partnership with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) to support Singapore’s National AI strategy.

Singapore is a global leader in AI and has made it central to its plans for economic growth, public services, and how people learn, work, and build. It recognised early that AI is becoming core infrastructure for economies and societies, with the potential to drive greater productivity, creativity, scientific progress, and economic opportunity.

As intelligence becomes more like a utility, OpenAI for Singapore is designed to support Singapore’s ambition to become an AI-powered economy. Backed by a commitment of more than S$300 million, the initiative will focus on three key areas:

• Helping organisations in Singapore deploy frontier AI and solve some of their hardest problems

• Developing the next generation of AI talent locally

• Helping more people and businesses across Singapore benefit from AI

“We’re excited to partner with Singapore as it builds on its position as a global leader in AI. Singapore has strong technical talent, trusted institutions, and a clear ambition to use AI to drive long-term growth and improve people’s lives. Through OpenAI for Singapore, we want to help more organisations benefit from frontier AI, support the next generation of local AI talent, and widen access to these tools across the country.”

— Denise Dresser, Chief Revenue Officer at OpenAI

Frontier deployment to support Singapore’s national AI priorities

At the centre of the partnership is the establishment of our Applied AI Lab in Singapore, OpenAI’s first outside the United States. What this means in practice is that OpenAI will create more than 200 Singapore-based technical roles over the next few years and make Singapore one of its global hubs for Forward-Deployed Engineers.

— Mr Chng Kai Fong, Permanent Secretary (Digital Development and Information)