Through cutting-edge research, a growing bench of world-class talent, and deepening work with government, we’ll speed up real-world advantages and applications of AI
The Asia-Pacific region is home to greater 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 a wonderful location to expand our presence as we open a brand 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 yr.
Advancing Gemini and frontier AI impact
Our growing team in Singapore will consist of outstanding 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 newest models across Google products and for Cloud customers.
Our latest research lab will likely be focused on collaboration as we work directly with government, businesses, civil society and world-class academic institutions across the region. We’re focused on understanding how our technologies will be best built to serve the varied needs of the Asia-Pacific region.
Constructing on a foundation of positive impact
We’re already seeing the extraordinary positive impact that our teams and partners are generating by applying Google technologies across Singapore and the broader region. Beyond our core products like Gemini, we’re seeing creative and exciting examples of our AI technology in motion 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 on to earlier diagnosis and targeted therapies.
- In Public Services: We’re 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 soundly test autonomous solutions that enhance public sector efficiency and repair delivery.
- Regarding multilinguality: We now 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’re 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’re supporting Singaporean AI-first startups which can be 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 robust public purpose.
Our shared vision for the longer term
As we expand our presence in Singapore, we’re committed to making sure the advantages of AI are realized across the region. Through our latest AI research lab, we are going to proceed collaborating with the region’s vibrant ecosystem of partners to unlock AI’s transformative advantages for diverse communities. Together, we’re responsibly shaping how AI can serve the needs, and reflect the cultures, of over half the world’s population.
