Anthropic · Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Anthropic opens a Singapore office and signs a government agreement
The File desk · Oct 14, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC
Status
Confirmed as Anthropic’s announcement dated Oct. 14, 2026. Usage figures and customer examples are the company’s. A separate text of the memorandum was not opened.
Anthropic said Wednesday it opened an office in Singapore, its fifth in the Asia-Pacific region, and signed an agreement with the government ministry that handles digital development. The company’s co-founder Ben Mann and permanent secretary Kai Fong Chng signed it during Singapore International Cyber Week. The agreement covers AI safety, security, and testing; research on how the tools are used; and adoption in government and business. Minister Josephine Teo and Anthropic’s Michael Sellitto witnessed the signing. A separate copy of the memorandum was not posted on the page.
The post is dated Oct. 14, 2026. Anthropic says Singapore is one of its most active markets, and that Claude is already used by GovTech Singapore, Grab, and DBS.
The Legal instrument An agreement Anthropic says it signed with Singapore’s digital ministry during Singapore International Cyber Week. The company says it covers AI safety, security, testing, research on adoption, and responsible use in government and business. A separate text was not opened.MOU with the Singapore Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Anthropic says that under the agreement it plans technical exchanges with Singapore’s safety institutions on testing standards and incident response, and that it plans to share research, including from its Economic Index, as Singapore writes rules. Those are plans stated in the post, not a list of completed projects.
The company’s figures, as printed: Singapore ranks second of 121 countries in Claude.ai use relative to population, at nearly six times what its population size alone would predict. More than 1,500 engineers and technical staff at GovTech Singapore use Claude Code. Grab’s sales assistant, BriX, saves about 40,000 hours a quarter, the post says. Those numbers are Anthropic’s.
Dale Finlay, Anthropic’s general manager for ASEAN, said the company is committed to Singapore for the long term. The office is open and hiring. ASEAN is the group of Southeast Asian countries; the post uses the acronym for his job title.
What is still unknown or disputed
- The memorandum text. The announcement describes it and does not link a signed copy.
- How many people the Singapore office employs. The post says it is hiring and does not give a headcount.
Primary sources
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Source 1
Anthropic opens Singapore office and signs MOU with the Government of Singapore
Anthropic · October 14, 2026
Today we are opening a new office in Singapore, our fifth in the region, and signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore Ministry of Digital Development and Information. Ben Mann and Kai Fong Chng signed it.
https://www.anthropic.com/news/singapore-office-opening