Anthropic, a US-based AI company, opened its fifth Asia-Pacific office in Singapore on October 14 and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information on AI safety and responsible adoption.

The memorandum covers technical exchanges on model evaluation, testing standards, and incident response, as well as research on AI adoption and its impact.

MDDI coordinates Singapore’s AI strategy.

Anthropic said it joined the generative AI evaluation sandbox run by the Infocomm Media Development Authority and the AI Verify Foundation in 2023. The sandbox launched that October.

The cooperation aligns with Singapore’s broader AI assurance efforts, including tools to test AI for responsible use.

Anthropic raised US$65 billion in May 2026 at a US$965 billion valuation. The company said GovTech, Grab, and DBS use Claude in Singapore, and more than 1,500 GovTech engineers and technical staff use Claude Code.

🔗 Source: Anthropic

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