Why AI giants are choosing Singapore to turn models into real-world tools
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Relevance
9/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
9/15
Depth
6/15
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When Jordan Seow joined OpenAI in June 2025, he became the company’s first locally hired forward-deployed engineer in Asia-Pacific, joining a Singapore office that then had fewer than 20 employees. The 29-year-old is now part of a fast-growing workforce built in Singapore by the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies. Experts say the city state is emerging as a regional hub – not for tr