Anthropic opens Singapore office and establishes government partnership

On October 14, 2026, Anthropic established its fifth Asia-Pacific commercial office in Singapore and signed a partnership agreement with Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information. The collaboration focuses on AI safety, model evaluation, and responsible public and private sector adoption. Singapore ranks second globally in Claude usage relative to population, with adoption heavily integrated into local enterprises like DBS, Grab, and Sea Ltd, alongside over 1,500 GovTech engineers.

Establishment of Anthropic's Singapore office

• ▪Anthropic co-founder Benjamin Mann, APAC policy head Michael Sellitto, and ASEAN general manager Dale Finlay attended the launch of Anthropic's Singapore office on October 14, 2026
• ▪Anthropic advertised at least 12 Singapore-based positions across sales, finance, marketing, recruitment, and research on October 14, 2026 to expand its local team
• ▪Anthropic officially opened its commercial office in Singapore on October 14, 2026, establishing its fifth Asia-Pacific location, joining existing operations in Bengaluru, Seoul, Sydney, and Tokyo

Singapore government AI safety agreement and training

• ▪Anthropic's memorandum of understanding with Singapore was signed by Anthropic co-founder Benjamin Mann and Ministry of Digital Development and Information Permanent Secretary Chng Kai Fong during Singapore International Cyber Week
• ▪Anthropic's memorandum of understanding with Singapore covers testing and evaluation work, but does not grant Singapore priority access to frontier AI models ahead of commercial release
• ▪Anthropic signed a memorandum of understanding with Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information covering AI safety, evaluation, economic impact research, and public sector adoption
• ▪Anthropic conducted training with Singapore's AI Safety Institute during the week of October 12, 2026 to instruct government and civil society experts on AI risk evaluation

AI safety collaboration

• ▪Anthropic's memorandum of understanding with Singapore formalizes ongoing technical exchanges on AI safety with domestic security organizations, including the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore
• ▪Anthropic has collaborated with Singapore institutions on AI safety since 2023, participating in multilingual red-teaming assessments in English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil within Singapore's Generative AI Evaluation Sandbox

Enterprise and government deployment of Claude in Singapore

• ▪More than 1,500 GovTech Singapore technical personnel deploy Anthropic's Claude Code to modernize government systems and accelerate software delivery schedules
• ▪Sea Ltd utilizes Anthropic's Claude Code across its software engineering units, including Shopee, Garena, and Monee
• ▪Banking group DBS uses Anthropic's Claude AI across Southeast Asia for software development, productivity, and commercial operations
• ▪Technology platform Grab deploys Anthropic's Claude to power an internal sales assistant called BriX, saving representatives approximately 40,000 hours per quarter

Singapore Claude usage Metrics

• ▪Claude usage relative to population in Singapore reached nearly six times the level predicted by standard demographic projections
• ▪The Anthropic Economic Index ranked Singapore second among 121 countries for Claude usage relative to population size