Announcement ·
Anthropic signs a memorandum of understanding with the Singapore government as it opens a new office
Original title, in Spanish: “Anthropic firma un memorando de entendimiento con el Gobierno de Singapur al abrir una nueva oficina”
- Publication
- Unite.AI (United States)
- Author
- Unsigned
- Published on
- 14 October 2026 · read in the page metadata
Summary
Anthropic has opened a new office in Singapore, its fifth in Asia-Pacific, and signed a memorandum of understanding with Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information during Singapore International Cyber Week. The agreement covers model safety and evaluation, research on AI adoption and its impact, and responsible adoption in the public and private sectors. Anthropic describes Singapore as one of its most active markets: according to the Anthropic Economic Index, the country ranks second out of 121 for Claude.ai usage relative to its population. The article details concrete use cases: more than 1,500 GovTech Singapore engineers use Claude Code, DBS and GIC deploy Claude across their operations, Grab reportedly saves 40,000 hours per quarter thanks to its BriX sales assistant, and Sea (Shopee, Garena) uses it for customer service and software development.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
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2 rank
Singapore's ranking for Claude.ai usage relative to its population, among 121 countries
121 countries, according to the Anthropic Economic Index
« Según el último Economic Index de Anthropic, Singapur ocupa el segundo lugar entre 121 países en uso de Claude.ai en relación con su población, con un nivel casi seis veces superior al que cabría prever únicamente por el tamaño de esta. »
Source: Anthropic Economic Index
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1,500 people
Number of GovTech Singapore engineers and technical professionals using Claude Code
GovTech Singapore
« más de 1.500 ingenieros y profesionales técnicos de la Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech Singapore) utilizan Claude Code para modernizar los sistemas gubernamentales y agilizar la entrega de software »
Source: Anthropic
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40,000 hours/quarter
Hours saved per quarter by Grab's sales teams thanks to the Claude-based BriX assistant
Grab, sales teams
« Grab utiliza Claude para impulsar BriX, su asistente de ventas, lo que, según Anthropic, ahorra a los equipos de ventas de Grab unas 40.000 horas por trimestre y permite detectar nuevas oportunidades de venta. »
Source: Anthropic
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300 people
Number of developers gathered at Builder Summit Singapore
Builder Summit Singapore event, 14 October 2026
« la empresa organizó Builder Summit Singapore, un evento que reunió a más de 300 desarrolladores con responsables de ingeniería y producto de Anthropic »
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700 people
Number of local developers brought together by Singapore's Claude community ambassadors
Singapore Claude community
« los embajadores de la comunidad Claude de Singapur organizaron una reunión para más de 700 desarrolladores locales »
Classification
- Country
- Singapore
- Company size
- Large companies
- Industries
- Government and local authorities · Banking, insurance, asset management, finance departments · Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms · Retail and distribution, e-commerce · All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (cited), DBS (deploys AI), Amazon Bedrock (supplier), GovTech Singapore (deploys AI), GIC (deploys AI), Sea (deploys AI), Grab (deploys AI), Ministerio de Desarrollo Digital e Información de Singapur (cited), Supabase (deploys AI), Anthropic (supplier)
- Keywords
- generative artificial intelligence, public sector, financial services, responsible adoption, chatbot, office opening
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Unite.AI. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.