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Thinking out loud about AI and business.
Perspectives from The Empyrean — on AI trends, practical guides for SMEs, and what we're learning in the field.
Profit, Proof, and the SMB Aisle
Anthropic is on track for its first quarterly operating profit and is open to a public listing by year-end. OpenAI's model independently cracked an 80-year-old geometry problem. Claude for Small Business landed inside QuickBooks, PayPal, HubSpot, Canva and DocuSign. And IMDA updated its Agentic AI Governance Framework with 10+ real deployment case studies. Here's what shifts when frontier AI starts looking — and earning — like a public company.
AI TrendsThe Week OpenAI Picked Singapore
OpenAI committed S$300M and planted its first overseas Applied AI Lab in Singapore. The same week, it launched a US$4B Deployment Company to embed AI engineers inside enterprises. EY and Microsoft pledged US$1B for AI services. Here's what changes when frontier AI stops being remote.
AI TrendsThe Week AI Agents Joined the Payroll
Google launched Spark, a 24/7 personal AI agent. KPMG put Claude in front of 276,000 employees. Microsoft made Agent 365 generally available. Meanwhile, IMDA tapped Grab to bring AI to 10,000 SG SMEs. Here's what the agent shift means for your business.
AI TrendsThe Week AI Quietly Moved Into the Plumbing
Google rebuilt Android around Gemini, Anthropic talked $950B, and OpenAI opened ChatGPT ads to everyone. The pattern this week wasn't a new model — it was AI moving from app to infrastructure. Here's what it means for Singapore SMEs.
AI TrendsThe Week AI Came for Wall Street — and What It Means for Singapore
Anthropic locked in a $1.5B JV with Blackstone and Goldman, shipped Claude Opus 4.7 to JPMorgan, and grabbed 300MW of SpaceX compute. The Pentagon let eight vendors into its classified networks. Singapore quietly became the neutral ground everyone wants to stand on.
AI TrendsThe Week Singapore's AI Choices Got Wider
Microsoft and OpenAI rewrote their partnership, Big Tech committed $700B to AI infrastructure this year, and PM Wong addressed AI worker fears. The bottom line: SG SMEs just gained more leverage, more options, and a smaller excuse to wait.
AI TrendsOpenAI Goes Multi-Cloud, Meta Goes All-In — What Last Week Means for Singapore SMEs
Microsoft and OpenAI quietly rewrote the most important partnership in AI, Meta pushed 2026 AI spend to $145B, and Singapore hosted a China–Singapore AI dialogue — all in seven days. Here's what last week's headlines actually mean for SG SMEs.
AI TrendsThe Week AI Stopped Talking and Started Doing
Less hype, more execution. This week the AI story shifted from "what models can think" to "what models can actually do" — Google's new agent stack, Yelp's transactional AI, and a fresh push to help SMEs find concrete use cases.
AI TrendsThe Week AI Got Cheaper, Bigger, and More Practical
A wild week of AI announcements — from Claude Mythos 5 to DeepSeek's cut-price frontier model and a $40B Google-Anthropic deal. Here's what actually matters for small and mid-sized businesses.
AI TrendsAI's $50 Billion Week — What It Means for Singapore Businesses
Google committed up to $40B to Anthropic, Thinking Machines locked in Google Cloud, and Sea opened an AI Centre in Singapore — all in seven days. Here's what last week's headlines actually mean for SG SMEs.
SME GuideYou Don't Need to Replace Your Systems to Use AI
Most businesses think adopting AI means tearing everything down and starting over. It doesn't. Here's how to connect AI to what you already have.