AI note-taking brand Plaud is expanding its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, committing more than S$10 million to grow its local workforce to approximately 150 employees by end-2026 — a move that would bring its global headcount to over 600.

The Singapore office, which already serves as Plaud’s APAC base, will take on a broader mandate covering regional strategy, cloud infrastructure, AI development, human resources, finance, treasury, and global legal compliance. The company is actively hiring AI engineers, AI agent architects, and data scientists in Singapore to work on AI workflows and intelligent agent systems.

Singapore as AI R&D hub

Alongside its operational expansion, Singapore will serve as Plaud’s first R&D hub outside its headquarters, with local teams contributing to the company’s global AI roadmap. The hires will work on technologies underpinning Plaud’s next generation of AI-powered products, with a focus on making its tools more capable and accurate for professional use cases — including converting meetings, interviews, and conversations into structured, searchable intelligence.

Plaud positions the expansion as a response to the multilingual, cross-border nature of professional work across APAC, where spoken context is still frequently lost or poorly captured.

“Singapore is a natural base for Plaud’s next phase of growth in Asia-Pacific. The region is highly diverse, multilingual and fast-moving, and Singapore gives us access to strong AI, engineering and regional business talent. As Plaud scales globally, our Singapore team will play a larger role not only in regional operations, but also in product development, AI development and data infrastructure,” said Nathan Xu, CEO and co-founder of Plaud.

Megumi Yoshinaga, Head of APAC Marketing at Plaud, said the Singapore hub was well-positioned to support growing demand across the region for AI tools that turn spoken conversations into actionable intelligence. The S$10 million investment covers expanded office space, hiring, and broader operational build-out.