DeepMind Launches Singapore AI Team Focused on Gemini Development
Google DeepMind is establishing a new research hub in Singapore, marking one of Alphabet Inc.'s most significant expansions in Southeast Asia. The team, led by researcher Yi Tay, will focus on advanced reasoning and frontier Gemini-model development, reporting directly to Mountain View leadership.
Singapore emerges as a critical node in Google's global AI research network, with the team expected to push multimodal generative modeling and broader capabilities for future Gemini releases. The MOVE signals growing demand for high-end GPU clusters across Singapore's cloud infrastructure.
Despite the strategic expansion, Alphabet Inc. shares saw modest declines Thursday. The Singapore team's exact compute resources and research scope remain undisclosed, though its work will tie closely to DeepMind's Core roadmap and experimental DEEP Think variants.
