Expanding our AI investments in Singapore

Expanding our AI investments in Singapore

By Ben King
Publication Date: 2026-02-10 00:00:00

Google opened its first Singapore office 19 years ago. What started as a small office has grown into a team of nearly 3,000, serving billions of people across the region. As we enter a new era of AI, Singapore is helping to lead the way with its world-class talent and a bold national vision for the future. We share that ambition.

That’s why, at our Google for Singapore event, we announced new programs guided by our mission to empower Singaporeans today for tomorrow, and focused on building an AI-ready nation — deepening our local research and development and building a future that is beneficial for society, robust for the economy, empowering for talent and safe for all.

Here are some of the highlights:

Building new technology from Singapore, to the world

Innovation through research and development has always been at the heart of how Google builds for the future globally. Building on the recent opening of the Google DeepMind research lab in Singapore, we are expanding our local R&D…