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NUHS Projects S$2M Annual Savings from New AI-Powered Pharmacy Platform
Singapore's National University Health System expects its new AI-powered pharmacy platform to save up to S million annually while freeing 850 pharmacist hours per week through automation of medication reconciliation, prescription triage, and verification tasks.
Seatrium's 30MW Floating Data Centre Concept Gets Approval, Targets AI Infrastructure Demand
Singapore's land scarcity has long been a headwind for data centre growth, but a new approval for Seatrium's floating data centre concept suggests one way around the constraint. The 30 MW barge-based design uses seawater cooling and modular construction to serve AI workloads.
Singapore Startup Antomation Builds Snake-Like, AI-Powered Baggage Loader for Airplanes
Every time you board a flight, someone is playing Tetris with your luggage. Baggage handlers work in cramped, unpressurised cargo holds, manually lifting bags that can weigh up to 30 kg — a job with an injury rate three times the industry baseline.
OCBC Deploys Agentic AI to Speed Up Wealth Client Onboarding
Singapore's banks are in the middle of a quiet arms race — not for deposits or market share, but for who can onboard wealthy clients the fastest. The prize is obvious: in a wealth management industry where the first touch often determines the relationship, weeks of paperwork and back-and-forth compliance...
Singapore's Acrab Unveils GELIX 1 AI Processor, Claims 7.5x Speed Edge Over Mac Mini M4 Pro
Singapore chip startup Acrab unveiled its GELIX 1 AI processor, claiming 7.5x speed over Apple's Mac Mini M4 Pro on local LLM inference. The 5nm chip handles models up to 100 billion parameters and powers the new Agent Box device for private, always-on AI at home or office.
Over Half of Singapore's Gen AI Users Turn to Chatbots for Insurance and Financial Research, Survey Finds
A survey of 2,000 Singaporeans finds 35% use generative AI tools, with over half turning to chatbots to compare financial products, yet only 37% are comfortable trusting AI for personalised financial advice.
DBS Upgrades AI Assistants With Agentic Capabilities for Over 10 Million Users
DBS has upgraded its AI virtual assistants with generative AI and agentic capabilities, enabling over 10 million customers across Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan to complete banking tasks through natural language conversations rather than navigating menus.
DBS Upgrades AI Assistants to Support Banking Tasks for Over 10 Million Users
Singapore's largest bank is making a bet that feels both obvious and quietly ambitious: that the future of banking isn't a mobile app overhaul, but an AI agent that sits inside it, ready to act. DBS has spent the better part of a decade building AI capabilities — from fraud detection to personalised insights...
Nine in 10 Singaporeans Use AI-Powered Platforms to Manage Finances, MDRT Survey Finds
The divide between how Singaporeans manage their money and how they used to do it is narrowing fast. A new survey from the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) finds that nearly nine out of ten people in Singapore now turn to digital platforms — including AI-powered tools — for everything from everyday...
Rising AI Token Costs No Problem for Toku, Says CEO as SGX-Listed Firm Charts Expansion
The narrative around enterprise AI costs has taken a sharp turn in recent months. After years of declining per-token prices, leading model providers like OpenAI and Anthropic have raised their rates, triggering widespread concerns among businesses that had bet big on AI-driven efficiency.
Synapxe Tests AI Tool That Turns Healthier SG Exercise Plans Into Personalised Workouts
Singapore's national healthtech agency Synapxe is testing whether AI can bridge one of preventive care's oldest gaps — getting patients to follow through on what their doctor told them. The tool, called Health Plan AI, takes the exercise target agreed upon during a Healthier SG consultation and turns it into...
HSBC to Open Its First Global AI Centre and Hire Over 200 Staff
HSBC is making its biggest AI bet in Southeast Asia. The London-headquartered banking giant announced plans to open its first global AI centre of excellence in Singapore later this year, committing to hire more than 100 AI specialists and 100 wealth relationship managers in the city-state over the next two...