ShareChat, India’s largest homegrown social media company, announced the opening of its first Southeast Asia AI Centre of Excellence in Singapore.
The new centre will help the organization reach a larger network of highly specialized AI talent in the region, build a cutting-edge technological stack and deliver an unparalleled experience to its community.
ShareChat and Moj have a cumulative reach of over 325 million users and operate in 15 Indian languages. Building innovative solutions focused on content discovery and recommendation play a huge role for both the platforms. With the new AI Centre of Excellence, ShareChat aims to strengthen its AI models, develop ML models to personalise content for each user, and optimize ad targeting while ensuring delivery of authentic user generated content.
Uisng Singapore's community of regional AI talent and infrastructure, ShareChat plans to expand its team to over 30 members in the next three years. It will also use ShareChat’s innovation and develop AI talent within the Southeast Asia region.
With millions of content generated on ShareChat and Moj every day, its important to develop a state-of-the-art recommendation system to ensure that users discover interesting and relevant content.
Industry reacts
“ With support from EDBI, the strategic investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board, we are all set to build our new AI centre of excellence in Singapore to tap into the region’s deep pool of highly experienced AI and ML talent that will help accelerate the growth of India’s largest homegrown content and social media ecosystem,” ShareChat’s AI Centre of Excellence, Ankush Sachdeva, CEO and Co-founder, ShareChat and Moj said.
“Aligned with the National AI Strategy, EDBI invests and partners with global innovative companies to establish their AI Centres of Excellence in Singapore, driving technological advancements and accelerating adoption in key sectors," Charmaine Kng, Partner at EDBI, concluded.
