Dassault Systèmes, a French software company, will establish its ASEAN Industrial AI Virtual Twin Lab in Singapore, serving as the company’s regional hub for developing, validating, and deploying industrial AI and virtual twin solutions across the ASEAN.

In a statement on Wednesday, Dassault Systèmes said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) for the move.

The lab plans to employ more than 30 highly skilled AI professionals within its first five years. Their expertise is to cover AI engineering, virtual twin development, software systems design, and industry consulting. The aim is to strengthen Singapore’s industrial AI capabilities and create high-value jobs, drawing on the country’s digital infrastructure and skilled workforce.

The lab will combine AI, engineering knowledge, and simulation on Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE platform. It will help ASEAN businesses design AI data centres and improve energy efficiency. It can also develop reusable tools to speed deployment of 3D UNIV+RSES, Dassault’s next-generation virtual twins, which pair physics-based AI with modelling, real-time simulation and data science.

Cindy Koh, executive vice-president of EDB, said the lab supports Singapore’s ambition under the National AI Mission for Advanced Manufacturing to become a leading hub for industrial AI. Samson Khaou, executive vice-president for Asia Pacific at Dassault Systèmes, said the lab would use Singapore’s AI-native solutions and adapt them to regional needs to speed adoption across the region.

Dassault Systèmes, founded in 1981, says its 3DEXPERIENCE platform serves 390,000 customers across industries. The lab will serve enterprises in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

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