FileAI, the Singapore-based enterprise intelligence company behind fileForge, has on Thursday announced investment from SMBC Asia Rising Fund, the corporate venture capital fund of SMBC, and Singtel Innov8, the corporate venture capital arm of Singtel Group.
FileAI said in a statement that the investment underscores the advance of artificial intelligence (AI) into the systems and processes that run large organizations, from finance and compliance to operations, procurement, and customer onboarding.
It also strengthens the firm’s position as a homegrown Asian contender in the emerging global enterprise AI market.
The capital will support fileAI’s expansion in Japan and deepen its investment in financial services capabilities as it scales its AI-native platform for enterprises managing complex, high-volume file and data workflows—while further connecting fileAI with some of Asia’s most influential corporate ecosystems.
The announcement coincides with the debut of fileScout, fileAI’s AI-native unstructured data mapping solution, which sharply cuts token costs when wrangling unstructured enterprise data.
Combined with agentified data capture, validation, matching, and reconciliation, it publishes clean, verified, audit-ready records directly into the systems that run modern organizations.
The investment from SMBC Asia Rising Fund follows fileAI’s June 2026 partnership with JRE Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm supporting the JR East Group.
That partnership established the foundation for fileAI’s presence in Japan and its work applying governed AI agents to the digitization and structuring of legacy contracts and operational documents.
The new investment extends that momentum, supporting fileAI’s plans to build a local Japan team across sales, engineering, and customer success, while deepening relationships with enterprises navigating the transition from AI pilots to AI-powered production workflows.
With SMBC Asia Rising Fund contributing a deep network across banking and large regulated enterprises, the investment also reflects growing confidence in fileAI’s ability to bring governed AI into complex, high-stakes business environments.
In banking and financial services, these applications extend from statement and covenant extraction to KYC and onboarding checks, reconciliation, and regulatory reporting across large, multi-entity organizations, said the statement.
As AI increasingly becomes embedded within enterprise infrastructure, fileAI said it is building the intelligence layer required to transform fragmented documents and unstructured data into governed, dependable workflows, designed in Asia for enterprises across the region and globally.\
“AI will become an operating layer for every major enterprise, but that future cannot be built on fragmented data, unreliable outputs or endlessly expanding computing costs. Our third-generation processing pipeline and fileScout address that foundation, enabling organisations to transform their most complex unstructured data into trusted intelligence and production-grade workflows,
“Backed by some of Asia’s most influential corporate ecosystems, fileAI’s ambition is to build a global enterprise AI leader from Asia and to help the region’s businesses become the most AI-enabled organizations in the world,” said Christian Schneider, Chief Executive Officer, fileAI.
Boon Ping Chua, Managing Director, Singtel Innov8, said Singtel Innov8 is excited to invest in fileAI as it builds a purpose-built AI platform to address one of the most persistent challenges in enterprise data.
“We believe there is a significant and growing need to turn complex, unstructured information into clean, structured data that enterprises can trust and use at scale,
“We see strong potential for fileAI as enterprises increasingly seek reliable data foundations to support AI adoption and unlock greater value from their data,” he added.
Mayoran Rajendra, Managing Director, AI Transformation Department, SMBC, said at SMBC Group, they continue to drive digitalization and AI transformation across the group to enhance both operational efficiency and customer experience.
“At the same time, we see strong demand for solutions that enable enterprises to unlock value from vast amounts of unstructured data and documents. We believe fileAI’s capabilities in improving data accessibility, operational efficiency, and decision-making will become increasingly important in the AI era,
“We look forward to collaborating with fileAI and leading organizations to explore practical AI use cases and drive innovation across industries,” he added.
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