Digital Industry Singapore (DISG)

From Singapore to the World! Igniting the innovation engine at Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH), Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced new initiatives to grow Singapore’s deep tech ecosystem. 🔬Funding Access - ⁠Boosted with a top-up of S$440m to the Startup SG Equity scheme, where our Government will co-invest with private investors in Singapore-based deep tech startups to help them scale globally. With this, Singapore will attract more global VC partners to invest and groom startups with novel innovations in #biotech, #quantum tech & space tech. - Raised the co-investment cap from S$8m to S$12m for each startup, providing additional support for deep tech startups in early stages of development. 🌎 Market Network - Expanded our Global Innovation Alliance (#GIA) network to 23 nodes and launched 3 new open innovation challenges for startups to unlock new market opportunities. 💻 Tech Startup Community  - Partnered Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and ACE.SG (Action Community for Entrepreneurship) to launch Stage One – a one-stop platform that brings local and global tech startups together for collaborations, market access, and capabilities building. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gwVuXHNw

Singapore is powering ahead to help companies adopt AI! 🚀 Digital Industry Singapore (DISG) and Google Cloud have welcomed the first batch to a new programme! The new #AI Cloud Take-Off (AI CTO) Pilot programme will enable digitally mature companies with the ambition to establish AI COEs in #Singapore to do so by working with them to develop a long-term AI adoption plan. Participating companies will get access to credits from Google Cloud and Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) for compute and consultancy services through Google Cloud's partners.   We look forward to deepening collaboration with exciting companies who have ambition to bring AI to the next level and meet our National AI Strategy 2.0 goals.   Stay tuned for more details to come next year on how you too can Take-Off!   #GenAI Cloud Mile Inc. Kyndryl Searce Inc

Happy to share that DISG will be at the upcoming Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) from 28 Oct to 30 Oct at the Sands EXPO and Convention Centre. We will be setting up a Pavilion featuring 8 exciting AI #startups that have joined us and Google Cloud in participating in the Google for Startups: AI-First Accelerator (GFSA) initiative. DISG remains committed to accelerating growth for AI startups, and will be continuing to partner Google Cloud in supporting a new cohort of AI startups for GFSA 2025. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to network with these 8 startups Cosmos Innovation, Eklipse.gg, Kookree, Locofy.ai, Lytehouse AI, Staple AI, Transparently.AI, UIlicious, that will be sharing about the innovative #GenAI products and capabilities that they have been developing over the past months, while participating in the inaugural run of GFSA. Come meet the AI #startups at DISG’s Pavilion during #SWITCH2024!                                                         Register for your complimentary passes for SWITCH at https://lnkd.in/dVwsCKBp 📅: 28 Oct to 30 Oct 2024 📍: Lot H01, Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Halls A to C Level 1 #ArtificialIntelligence #AIinnovation #GenerativeAI #SWITCH2024 #GoogleCloud #GoogleforStartups #startupsecosystem #AIstartups #DigitalIndustrySingapore

I attended the unveiling of Singtel’s AI Cloud Service, which provides the critical compute infrastructure necessary for the advancement and widespread adoption of AI in Singapore.   AI has the potential to transform our economy, enhance our scientific research and create high-value jobs for Singaporeans. I was pleased to note that SingTel is embarking on five Memoranda of Understanding with global AI leaders, local research and academic institutions, and Digital Industry Singapore (DISG) to nurture a dynamic AI ecosystem, spur innovation, and cultivate AI talent. These partnerships will contribute to Singapore's National AI Strategy 2.0.     Congratulations to Singtel on the launch of the AI Cloud Service. I look forward to seeing how the AI Cloud Service will catalyse our AI ambitions and unlock new opportunities. Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore AI Singapore Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC) Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology Singapore Institute of Technology Singapore Manufacturing Federation AlphaSense H2O.ai Hippocratic AI Hive Nanyang Technological University Singapore National University of Singapore GoNetZero™ SkillsFuture SG Nxera Photos by Singtel

OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, will open its APAC hub in #Singapore later this year. It will advance partnerships with local and regional governments, businesses and institutions, supporting the company’s growth across the region from its base in Singapore. OpenAI will also partner with AI Singapore to make advanced #AI more widely accessible across #SoutheastAsia, providing US$1m to help develop resources, including open datasets, that will enable the creation of models better suited to the region's diverse languages and cultures. EDB, Digital Industry Singapore (DISG) and other government agencies look forward to working with Open AI and other leading edge AI companies to spark new collaborations and ideas that will shape the future of AI in the region.

DP Architects and its #SmartSustainabilityUnit (SSU) has developed a #GenAI #spaceplanning solution for residential projects over the course of the AI Trailblazer 2.0 programme (initiated by the Ministry of Digital Development and Information, Digital Industry Singapore (DISG) and Google Cloud to drive GenAI adoption in Singapore). Trained on actual residential unit designs, sid (Spatial Intelligence for Design) can intelligently translate development requirements into residential block designs and dynamically modify apartment layouts according to users’ instructions. The #AIsolution helps designers optimise #liveability while maximising development land area. “We are truly excited by the birth of sid, a GenAI that understands and augments space. It can potentially transform the way architects work, empowering designers to configure space at scale, on demand and with precision,” says Ar. Seah Chee Huang, ceo of DP Architects. “sid also brings a fresh approach to expanding and developing our talent pool to drive transformation in the Built Environment industry.” sid took home the Transformation Award at the the graduation of the first 4 cohorts of AI Trailblazer 2.0. Early movers in machine learning for spatial design, the success thus far, is encouraging and DPA intends to extend the capability of sid with the help of strategic partners. This push towards design tech and innovation is part of DPA’s #GreenWellTech thrust and commitment to #betterthansustainable outcomes in both its practice and projects.

SAP is expanding its Digital Innovation Accelerator Lab in #Singapore with a S$12m investment. 🎉 The investment will support more companies in adopting #AI in their industries, initially focusing on Advanced Manufacturing, financial services and travel and logistics services.   SAP in-house experts will work with companies to co-develop tailored AI solutions targetting rapid prototyping and organisational transformation. 👾 Read more here! - https://lnkd.in/dRezyp75  

In partnership with Singapore Fintech Association, Microsoft, and Tiger Analytics, we'll be exploring how AI is revolutionising FinTech. 💫 Join us we explore how AI is shaping the future of financial Innovation!   Register here : https://lnkd.in/gQEmNmnM

This week we were glad to welcome representatives from IMDA to our office, to showcase some of our capabilities and work we're doing for the public sector and enterprises. We thank the Digital Industry Singapore (DISG), Sectoral Transformation Group, Workplace Organizational Development, and Digital Transformation Office. For the exchange, with lessons and thought starters about how different industries might benefit from different areas of digital innovation, and look forward to continuing these impactful conversations. #Innovation #Collaboration #FutureForward #IMDA #DISG Daniel Lim Seok Ling Wong Stephen Jie Hui Yeo Amit Kukreja Vincent Loy Shubha Agrawal Matt Johnson John Ang Hardeep Arora Bram Desoete Marcus Loh Rahul Daswani APRIL W.

#Singapore’s start-ups and SMEs looking to launch their own #AI products to boost productivity can partner with Google Cloud to do so. 🤖 ➡ Apply for the second run of Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First Singapore. Starting in February, the 3-month programme will see 35 startups gain access to Google Cloud’s AI stack through a dedicated innovation sandbox environment, mentorships, technical support, and funding help from Enterprise Singapore among others. 🎉 🎓 🥂 We celebrated the first run's 'graduation' of 25 startups from sectors such as HRtech, restaurant tech, and media and entertainment recently. Atlas, Cosmos Innovation, Eezee, Kookree, Lytehouse, and Transparently.AI showcased their innovations at the AI First event which DPM Gan Kim Yong attended! Interested? Read more here! https://lnkd.in/gWHqJPsz