We’re expanding our presence in Singapore to advance AI in the Asia-Pacific region

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Through cutting-edge research, a growing bench of world-class talent, and deepening work with government, we'll accelerate real-world benefits and applications of AI

The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than half the world's population and is poised for immense growth. The Singapore government’s ambitious and forward-looking approach — exemplified by their National AI Strategy 2.0 and Smart Nation 2.0 and their openness to global talent — make this an excellent location to expand our presence as we open a new Google DeepMind research lab in Singapore.

This investment builds on Google's longstanding commitment to the Asia-Pacific ecosystem, and follows a more-than doubling of Google DeepMind's APAC team over the past year.

Advancing Gemini and frontier AI impact

Our growing team in Singapore will consist of exceptional research scientists, software engineers, and AI impact experts focused on critical areas of research and development. This builds on our efforts to pioneer foundational research in linguistic and cultural inclusivity for Asia Pacific, advance Gemini's core capabilities, and apply the latest models across Google products and for Cloud customers.

Our new research lab will be focused on collaboration as we work directly with government, businesses, civil society and world-class academic institutions across the region. We are focused on understanding how our technologies can be best built to serve the diverse needs of the Asia-Pacific region.

Building on a foundation of positive impact

We are already seeing the extraordinary positive impact that our teams and partners are generating by applying Google technologies across Singapore and the wider region. Beyond our core products like Gemini, we are seeing creative and exciting examples of our AI technology in action when used collaboratively and responsibly:

• In Science: A multidisciplinary research team at Singapore's Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) used AlphaFold to pioneer a breakthrough in understanding Parkinson's disease, establishing a link between immunology and neurodegenerative diseases that could lead to earlier diagnosis and targeted therapies.
• In Public Services: We are working closely with GovTech, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). Together, we launched an AI agent sandbox to safely test autonomous solutions that enhance public sector efficiency and service delivery.
• Regarding multilinguality: We have collaborated with AI Singapore to launch Project Aquarium, an open data platform for Southeast Asian Languages. We’ve also expanded our partnership to support further developments of SEA-LION – a family of LLMs trained and tuned to be representative of Southeast Asia’s cultural contexts and linguistic nuances. This enabled the launch of their first multimodal model, SEA-LION v4, built on Gemma 3’s multimodal capabilities.
• In Education: We are giving students in Singapore one-year free access to the Google AI Pro Plan to unlock upgraded AI features for creativity and learning, and we introduced Gemini Academy to IMDA’s Singapore Digital Office to broaden AI literacy and make AI accessible to all.
• With Startups: Through our Google for Startups: AI First accelerator, we are supporting Singaporean AI-first startups that are using generative AI to tackle significant economic, societal and environmental issues.

These examples reflect what's possible when cutting-edge AI research meets Singapore's forward-looking innovation and strong public purpose.

Our shared vision for the future

As we expand our presence in Singapore, we're committed to ensuring the benefits of AI are realized across the region. Through our new AI research lab, we will continue collaborating with the region’s vibrant ecosystem of partners to unlock AI's transformative benefits for diverse communities. Together, we are responsibly shaping how AI can serve the needs, and reflect the cultures, of over half the world's population.