Sourced records of Chinese AI deployments across the Global South and the Middle East

Registered Fourth Paradigm Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. (UEN 201823563Z) in Singapore on 11 July 2018, with its registered address at 1 Fusionopolis Place, #03-20 Galaxis, in the one-north business park — the sole overseas office listed on 4Paradigm's official website. Its ACRA registration status is Live. The entity was renamed PHANCY SOUTHEAST ASIA PTE. LTD. on 14 June 2026 (as of August 2026, 4Paradigm's official website still lists it under the former name, so the equity/branding change needs to be reviewed). Its registered primary business activity is semiconductor device manufacturing, with software and application development as a secondary activity.

In February 2018, it jointly established the Alibaba-NTU Singapore Joint Research Institute with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Alibaba's first overseas AI joint research institute, focusing on 'human-centred AI' (healthy ageing, AI lifestyle, and human-centred mobility), combining NTU's human-centred AI expertise with Alibaba's capabilities in NLP, computer vision, and machine learning; the initial phase spans five years, starting with 50 researchers, with an annual investment of several million Singapore dollars.

科大讯飞于 2020 年在新加坡投资设立全资子公司 AI Deepting SG（注册资本 1,000 万新元，ACRA 注册成立日 2020-09-30，自成立起并入合并报表），后将其定位为东南亚业务指挥中心。2026 年 4 月 10 日 Gitex Asia 2026 上公司披露：新加坡硬件销量已破 1 万台、收入约人民币 2 亿元（新元 4,000–5,000 万），上一年度区域业务增速超 200%，未来一年当地人数与业务规模预计增长逾 50%。