Osome Doubles Down on Singapore as AI Companies Flock to Regional Base

Singapore's pull as a regional hub for artificial intelligence companies is showing no signs of slowing down — and the businesses that help those startups get off the ground are adapting accordingly. Osome, an AI-powered company management platform serving over 50,000 founders globally, announced it is deepening its support for the next wave of AI startups choosing Singapore as their launchpad into Asia.

The move comes as Singapore's AI ecosystem attracts increasing commitments from the industry's biggest names. OpenAI has poured S$300 million into the country's AI infrastructure, Cognition — the company behind AI coding tool Devin — has set up its APAC headquarters here, and both Anthropic and Tencent are expanding their local presence. The common thread: Singapore's regulatory clarity, tax environment, and talent pool make it the natural gateway for AI companies targeting the region.

Budget 2026 has added further rocket fuel. The government's National AI Impact Programme, the new Kampong AI hub at one-north, and a 400 per cent tax deduction on qualifying AI investments have made the value proposition even clearer for foreign tech companies. For startups looking to tap these incentives, Osome promises incorporation in as little as seven days, handling accounting, bookkeeping, and compliance through a combination of automation and human expertise.

Osome has also launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets founders manage their company's financial and compliance data directly through AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini. Instead of logging into separate dashboards for shareholder records, transactions, and reports, founders can query everything from a single chat interface. It is a practical illustration of how AI-native tools are reshaping not just the products startups build, but how they run their back offices.

Why it matters for Singapore: The Osome playbook is a microcosm of a larger trend — the administrative infrastructure for AI startups is maturing alongside the technology itself. When a three-person AI team can incorporate, manage compliance, and access tax incentives from a laptop in Singapore, the barriers to building a global company from the city-state shrink dramatically. That virtuous cycle — more startups, better infrastructure, more startups — is exactly what Budget 2026 was designed to accelerate.