Robin AI expands in Asia with new Singapore office

Singapore, Sept. 4: Robin AI, the leading provider of legal AI to business, has opened an office in Singapore, which will serve as the company’s Asia-Pacific hub.

Why it matters: Robin’s Singapore office will be a launchpad for a growing the company’s Asian client list, where there is massive and growing demand for generative AI services in industries that have been traditionally slow to innovate.

• Singapore is home to ten Fortune 2000 companies.

Go deeper: Robin is pleased to support and join Singapore’s national AI strategy and workforce development, by driving AI adoption in the legal sector and growing industry-specific applications and the AI talent pool.

• Robin plans a Singapore-based workforce in the double digits, focusing first on adding legal roles. This adds to a team of 170 based out of London and New York, including 70 legal professionals. 

Context: Temasek, Singapore’s largest corporate entity, is Robin AI’s lead investor from its $26 million Series B funding in Jan. 2024. 

• Robin AI is a sponsor of Tech Law Fest, hosted by Singapore Academy of Law, at Sands Expo and Convention Centre Sept. 11 - 12
    
• Robin builds products that solve real customer legal problems in regulated industries, and operates deep partnerships with Anthropic and Amazon (AWS).

What they’re saying:  "We chose Singapore as our Asia base, because of its global reach and top talent,” says CEO and co-founder Richard Robinson.

• “We’re committed to operating in the major legal centers of the world, and Singapore felt like the right place to be in Asia, including because of its English-language legal system,” Robinson said.

About Robin AI: Founded in 2019 by Richard Robinson and James Clough, Robin AI provides legal AI for businesses, partnering with Anthropic and AWS to give companies a competitive edge and to grow faster. 

• Robin solves real customer legal problems in regulated industries — Robin’s legal AI assistant cuts the time needed to review contracts and other legal documents by up to 98%.
  
  
• Robin can be used to speed up processes from M&A deals to managing obligations in the wake of a cyberattack,
  
  
• GE, Pfizer, KPMG, PwC, Yum Foods, Blue Origin and University of Cambridge are among Robin’s more than 100 major corporate customers.