US startup Databricks to raise Singapore headcount by up to 50% as AI demand grows

US startup Databricks to raise Singapore headcount by up to 50% as AI demand grows

It has more than 250 employees in the Republic, which serves as its Asia-Pacific and Japan headquarters

[SAN FRANCISCO] US startup Databricks plans to increase its Singapore headcount by up to 50 per cent over the next year as it rolls out new artificial intelligence products and expands, thanks to growing enterprise demand.

The data management and AI company currently has more than 250 employees in Singapore – which serves as its headquarters for Asia-Pacific and Japan – out of a regional workforce of more than 1,500.

It is already actively hiring for more than 50 new roles in the Republic, said Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji, senior vice-president of field engineering and one of Databricks’ seven co-founders.

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