Anthropic opens Singapore office, signs government MOU
Anthropic has opened a Singapore office and signed an MOU with the country's digital ministry covering AI safety, model evaluation and adoption, which deepens its ties with one of Claude's most active markets.
Anthropic has opened an office in Singapore, its fifth in Asia-Pacific. It also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information.
Permanent Secretary Kai Fong Chng and Anthropic co-founder Ben Mann signed the MOU on the sidelines of Singapore International Cyber Week. Minister Josephine Teo was among those who witnessed it. The agreement covers cooperation on AI safety, security and model evaluation, research on AI adoption and its impact, and responsible adoption in the public and private sectors. Anthropic says it plans technical exchanges with Singapore's AI safety and assurance institutions on evaluation, testing standards and incident response. It also plans to share research and data with the government, including from its Economic Index, and to advise as Singapore develops its AI rules. The company did not disclose financial terms or a timeline.
Anthropic's work with Singapore dates to 2023, when it joined the Generative AI Evaluation Sandbox run by IMDA and the AI Verify Foundation. It later took part in a red-teaming project in English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil.
Anthropic cited these adoption figures:
- Singapore ranks second of 121 countries in Claude.ai usage per capita, at nearly six times what its population alone would predict.
- More than 1,500 engineers and technical staff at GovTech Singapore have adopted Claude Code.
- Grab's Claude-powered sales assistant, BriX, saves its sales teams about 40,000 hours a quarter.
- DBS, sovereign wealth fund GIC and Sea (Shopee's parent) also use Claude.
Dale Finlay, Anthropic's general manager for ASEAN, will lead the market. The office is hiring.