Anthropic opened its fifth Asia-Pacific office in Singapore on October 14, 2026, during Singapore International Cyber Week. The company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore’s Ministry of Digital Development and Information covering AI safety, model evaluation, and incident response. Co-founder Benjamin Mann stated that Anthropic would not give up oversight of how customers use its models, citing the dual-use nature of advanced AI. Singapore ranks second out of 121 countries in per-capita usage of Claude.ai, nearly six times the expected rate, with over 1,500 GovTech engineers already using Claude Code. Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC invested in Anthropic during its 2025 and 2026 funding rounds.
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