Singapore – OpenAI, the company behind the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, has revealed plans to open an office in Singapore later this year. This will be the company’s fourth international office and its second in Asia, following Japan.
The Singapore office will act as a regional hub aimed at fostering collaboration and strengthening ties with local and regional governments, businesses, and institutions. OpenAI will also collaborate with AI Singapore, the city-state’s national AI initiative, on generative AI models tailored to the cultures and languages of Southeast Asia.
During Singapore Tech Week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman highlighted the country’s strong history in technology leadership and its role in advancing AI to address societal challenges and boost economic growth.
He expressed enthusiasm about partnering with the government and the country’s growing AI community as the company expands in the Asia-Pacific region.
According to OpenAI’s careers page, they are opening jobs for its sales, customer success, technical success, and security teams for the Singapore team.
It’s worth noting that this follows a slew of publisher partnerships OpenAI has, including the Associated Press, Axel Springer, The Atlantic, Dotdash Meredith, Financial Times, LeMonde, NewsCorp, Prisa Media, TIME, Vox Media, Conde Nast, and most recently HEARST.
Earlier this year, Grab and OpenAI has announced a partnership, as both companies will design and deliver enhanced experiences for Grab users, partners and employees using state-of-the-art AI capabilities.
