LandedComputer VisionSubsidiary / Representative Office2018SE-005

SenseTime · Singapore

Global South·Southeast Asia·Group: SenseTime

Source: SenseTime opens its SenseTime International AI Innovation Hub in Singapore (2021)High

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What happened

Its Singapore entity, SenseTime International Pte. Ltd., was registered in 2018; on 19 July 2021, it launched the SenseTime International AI Innovation Hub in Singapore as an AI capability hub for Southeast Asia, showcasing computer vision and smart city technologies, and signed MOUs with the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Singapore and Business China to conduct AI talent development (including teacher AI capability building, student internships, and continuing education courses).

Localisation & innovation

Localised adaptation: showcasing computer vision solutions for Southeast Asian smart city scenarios and jointly cultivating local AI talent.

Structured fields

Host country: Singapore
Region: Southeast Asia
AI segment: Computer Vision
Entry mode: Subsidiary / Representative Office
Entry year: 2018
Deployment status: Landed
Capital direction: China->host (outbound deployment)
Company group: SenseTime

Local partner

Institute of Technical Education

University / researchNo state linkage recorded

Scale

Investment amount not disclosed (the ITE partnership is a two-year MOU).

Basis: not disclosed

Sources & notes

Source: SenseTime opens its SenseTime International AI Innovation Hub in Singapore (2021)High

Record note: The company is incorporated in Hong Kong with headquarters in Shanghai; its Singapore entity's registration number is 201802129D (2018). The Hub's current operating status and subsequent project progress remain to be verified.

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