Anthropic Announces Singapore Office and AI Safety Cooperation Pact

Anthropic announced a Singapore office and a government pact focused on artificial intelligence, expanding its Asia-Pacific presence in a country where Claude.ai use ranks second per capita among 121 countries.

Kai Fong Chng, permanent secretary at Singapore’s Ministry of Digital Development and Information, signed the memorandum with Anthropic co-founder Ben Mann during Singapore International Cyber Week. The Singapore location will be Anthropic’s fifth office in Asia-Pacific. The agreement covers AI safety and security, model evaluation, research into AI applications and responsible adoption across public and private sectors.

Anthropic plans technical exchanges with Singapore AI safety institutions on assessing models, testing standards and incident response. It also plans to share research data, including material from its Economic Index.

At GovTech, more than 1,500 engineers use Claude Code. DBS, GIC, Grab, Sea and Supabase are also among the organizations using Claude.