Google unveiled plans to expand its AI R&D capabilities in Singapore and launch a number of programmes covering cloud support for local enterprises and digital skills training.

The move involves investing in specialised teams across software engineering, research science and user experience design, building on the opening of the Google DeepMind research lab in the city state in November 2025, Google Singapore GM Ben King stated.

It also plans to launch a Google Cloud Singapore Engineering Centre, which will bring together a new team of software engineers and frontline support teams to work directly with local enterprises, he added.

The company partners with AI Singapore (AISG) through Google.org to support the country’s National AI Infrastructure for health.

It intends to provide an additional $1 million in funding to improve the quality of Southeast Asian datasets and make them open source.

Google also plans to launch Start-up School: Prompt to Prototype to help aspiring entrepreneurs transform ideas into functional AI prototypes using Gemini.

King said Google opened its local office 19 years ago and now has a team of nearly 3,000.

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