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Singapore Ranks 11th Globally, First Among Asian Financial Centres in BCG's Inaugural AI Cities Index
Singapore has emerged as Asia's top-ranked financial centre in Boston Consulting Group's inaugural Intelligent Cities Index 2026, placing 11th globally and comfortably ahead of regional rival Hong Kong which ranked 36th. The index assessed 61 cities across five dimensions spanning AI adoption, digital infrastructure, governance, and innovation ecosystems.
Osome Doubles Down on Singapore as AI Companies Flock to Regional Base
Singapore's pull as a regional hub for artificial intelligence companies is showing no signs of slowing down — and the businesses that help those startups get off the ground are adapting accordingly. Osome, an AI-powered company management platform serving over 50,000 founders globally, announced it is...
Singapore Schools Need to Teach AI-Era Soft Skills Like Discernment, Says MOS Jasmin Lau
As AI tools become deeply embedded in Singapore's classrooms and workplaces, the question shifts from whether students can use AI to whether they can thrive alongside it. Minister of State for Education Jasmin Lau put that tension into sharp focus at a July 26 public engagement session, arguing that skills...
HSBC Chooses Singapore for First Global AI Centre of Excellence, Hiring 100+ AI Specialists
HSBC is setting up its first global AI centre of excellence in Singapore, hiring more than 100 AI specialists across natural language processing, data science, and AI governance. The bank is also adding 100 wealth relationship manager roles over two years.
AI Is Screening Your Job Applications Before a Human Ever Sees Them. Here's How to Navigate It
If you have applied for a job in Singapore recently, there is a good chance an AI system read your application before any human did. Artificial intelligence has become deeply embedded in the hiring process — drafting job advertisements, sourcing candidates, ranking resumes, scheduling interviews,...
AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Cyber Defence, Says Singapore's Founding Cybersecurity Chief
When David Koh stepped down as founding chief executive of Singapore's Cyber Security Agency (CSA) in July after 42 years in public service, he left behind a cybersecurity landscape that looks almost nothing like the one he helped build. In his first exclusive interview since retiring, Koh warned...
IMDA's Open Innovation Platform Bridges Singapore's AI Adoption Gap With Structured Challenge-Based Funding
Singapore's AI ambitions have never been in doubt — the National AI Council, S$4 billion in air traffic control AI investment, and a parade of government initiatives make the direction clear. But between policy aspiration and enterprise execution lies a familiar gap: companies know they should adopt AI, but...
EDB Q2 2026 Roundup: Singapore's AI Ecosystem Adds NVIDIA Lab, Sea CoE, and Sonar as National AI Missions Take Shape
Singapore's AI ecosystem added meaningful new infrastructure in the second quarter of 2026 — not just more data centres, but research labs, industry AI centres of excellence, and the institutional scaffolding to turn national AI strategy into sector-level outcomes. The Economic Development Board's quarterly...
Singapore's AI Boom Triggers Hardware Cost Crunch as DRAM Prices Surge 95%
The GPU-driven demand powering Singapore's data centre boom is constraining the global supply of standard enterprise hardware. DRAM prices have surged nearly 95% in 2026, and local businesses are feeling the squeeze as memory now accounts for more than half the cost of a new server.
AI Marketing Firm Brrandom Sets Up Singapore Centre of Excellence as It Expands Across ASEAN
Brrandom, an AI-native marketing technology company, is making Singapore its regional AI Centre of Excellence as it expands into Singapore and Indonesia with six new AI practice areas spanning ad tech, retail analytics, creative production, and agentic AI systems.
Singapore's young workers take on side hustles as AI reshapes the job market
Singapore's young workers are increasingly turning to side hustles — selling clothes on TikTok, running home cafes, flipping Pokemon cards — as AI reshapes the job market and nearly a third say a single salary is no longer enough to survive.
Singapore's Q2 GDP surge shows AI capex boom is now a measurable economic force
Singapore's Q2 GDP surged 5.7% as manufacturing jumped 12.2% on AI demand for chips and equipment, marking the clearest evidence yet that the AI capex boom is now a measurable force in the real economy.