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Singapore Stands Alone in Southeast Asia as US Fast-Tracks AI Goods Trade Among Allies
When Washington talks about tightening AI supply chains among allies, Singapore has more at stake than most regional economies. The US State Department's latest move — a new programme to speed up shipments of AI-critical goods between friendly nations — lands in a world where Singapore is already the only...
Singapore's ICAI Bets on AI to Help Air Traffic Controllers Manage Growing Skies
When most people picture AI in aviation, they think of chatbots helping you rebook a flight. But Singapore's aviation research community is chasing a far harder problem: using AI to help air traffic controllers manage skies that are about to get dramatically busier.
Klaviyo Opens Asia HQ in Singapore as AI Reshapes Retail Marketing
The AI shopping era has a new headquarters address. Klaviyo, the US marketing-automation company that helps brands turn customer data into personalised campaigns, opened its Asia headquarters in Singapore on Thursday with backing from the Economic Development Board — its largest regional commitment to date.
Lam Research to Add 200 Engineering Jobs in Singapore as AI Chip Demand Surges
Semiconductor manufacturing has quietly become one of Singapore's most important AI stories — and it is a jobs story as much as a chips story. The city-state already produces roughly one in ten chips globally, and the firms that make the machines that make those chips are now racing to hire.
Singapore's DayOne Data Centers Files for US IPO, Targeting a US$5B Raise
Singapore's data centre boom has produced its biggest capital-markets story yet. DayOne Data Centers, the Singapore-based operator founded in 2022, has confidentially filed for a US initial public offering, with people familiar with the matter saying it aims to list as soon as next quarter and raise around...
Five Nobel Laureates Head to Singapore in October for the AI For Science Summit
Singapore's research calendar just landed a marquee event. Nobel Heroes Day — the AI For Science Summit (AFSS) — will run from October 5 to 11 across Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University, bringing five Nobel laureates, AI pioneers, government leaders and long-term investors...
Manus AI Cuts Ties With Meta, Returns to Independent Operation From Its Singapore Base
Singapore has a habit of becoming the backdrop for the world's biggest AI stories, and the latest one involves a company that chose the city-state as its headquarters. Manus, the AI agent startup that relocated its base from China to Singapore in 2025, is now formally unwinding its short-lived ownership by...
Nomura Lifts Singapore's 2027 Growth View to 4% as AI Demand Broadens Beyond Chips
Singapore's economy is on track to grow faster than anyone expected at the start of the year, and the AI investment wave is the reason. Nomura lifted its 2026 growth call to 5.7% this week — above the government's own revised range — and pushed its 2027 outlook to 4%, up from a previous 3% projection, citing...
No AI Act Needed: Why Singapore's Three-Layer Governance Model Prizes Proof Over Statutes
Most countries responding to the AI wave have reached for one big, comprehensive law. Singapore has deliberately done the opposite — and a new analysis from the Tech For Good Institute, written by SMU law and computer science professor Lim How Khang, lays out exactly how the model is supposed to work.
From Naval Engineering to AI: Singapore's Defence Scholarships Double Down on Tech Talent
When Singapore hands out defence scholarships, it is usually reading the room for where the next decade of threats will come from. At this year's Defence Scholarship Award Ceremony at the Temasek Club, the message was unmistakable: the armed forces want people who can do AI as much as people who can command...
AEM's H1 Profit Jumps 10x to S$30.8M as AI Chipmakers Ramp Up Test Demand
Singapore's semiconductor supply chain keeps finding new ways to cash in on the AI boom, and this week it was test equipment's turn. AEM Holdings, the mainboard-listed maker of chip testing systems, posted a net profit of S$31 million for the first half of 2026 — ten times the S$3.1 million it earned a year...
When Your Therapist Lives in Your Pocket: Singapore Psychologists on the AI Therapy Boom
Somewhere between Singapore's aggressive AI adoption push and its famously high cost of living, a quiet behavioural shift is underway: more people are opening ChatGPT or Claude instead of booking a therapy session. It is not a niche experiment. Singapore-based clinical psychologists say...