Singapore’s Agnes AI Becomes First Singapore AI Lab on Global Benchmark Leaderboard, Joins National AI Upskilling Initiative

Agnes AI, a Singapore-headquartered artificial intelligence model company that develops and trains its own full-modality foundation models entirely in-house, today unveiled three major milestones in a single announcement: it has become the first Singapore-born AI model company to be listed on the Artificial Analysis global benchmark leaderboard with a top 10 AI lab placement; it is opening free access to its complete model suite for a limited period; and it is joining Singapore's National AI Impact Program in partnership with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and AI Singapore, contributing its proprietary AI models to support the nationwide upskilling of 40,000 technology professionals.

These announcements arrive as Agnes AI continues to extend its global benchmark presence across each of its three model categories — text, image, and video — on two of the most closely watched independent evaluation platforms in the international AI community: Claw-Eval and Artificial Analysis.

Singapore's First AI Lab on the Artificial Analysis Global Leaderboard

Agnes AI is the first Singapore-born AI model company to appear on the Artificial Analysis global benchmark leaderboard — and has now reached global top 10 AI lab placements across three distinct model categories: Agnes-2.0-Flash for text and agentic capability on Claw-Eval, Agnes-Image-2.0-Flash for image editing on Artificial Analysis, and Agnes-Video-V2.0 for video generation on Artificial Analysis.

The standings position Agnes AI alongside AI laboratories from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, KlingAI, ByteDance, and Alibaba — companies that represent some of the largest AI research and development investments in the world. Agnes AI reached these results with models conceived, built, and trained in Singapore, and without any reliance on third-party open-source frameworks 

• Claw-Eval (text/agentic): Agnes-2.0-Flash ranks in the global top 10 AI labs, ahead of Gemini and MiniMax: claw-eval.github.io 
• Artificial Analysis (image): Agnes-Image-2.0-Flash ranks in the global top 10 AI labs for image editing, evaluated through independent blind review: artificialanalysis.ai/image/leaderboard/editing 
• Artificial Analysis (video): Agnes-Video-V2.0 ranks in the global top 10 AI labs for video generation — the first Singapore AI model company to appear on this leaderboard: artificialanalysis.ai/video/leaderboard/image-to-video

"Singapore's National AI Strategy 2.0 set out a clear ambition: that Singapore should be a builder of AI, not merely an adopter of it. These benchmark results are evidence that this ambition is being realised. Agnes AI was built here, trained here, and is now recognised among the world's top 10 AI labs — competing on equal terms with the largest labs globally. Our goal has always been to build AI that is globally competitive, openly accessible, and independent of any single power or ecosystem. We are just getting started," said Bruce Yang, CEO, Agnes AI.

Joining Singapore’s National AI Impact Program with IMDA and AI Singapore

Agnes AI has joined Singapore's National AI Impact Program, a government-backed initiative led by IMDA together with AI Singapore, designed to upskill 40,000 technology professionals across the country. As part of this partnership, Agnes AI contributes its proprietary AI models to the programme, giving participants direct, hands-on access to frontier-level generative AI capabilities developed within Singapore.

The partnership was unveiled at an official event attended by Senior Minister of State Tan Kiat How, a signal of the Singapore government's continued commitment to building a nationally competitive AI ecosystem grounded in homegrown technology. Having trained its models at the National University of Singapore and operating from a Singapore headquarters, Agnes AI's participation underlines how locally built AI can directly contribute to advancing the country's AI ambitions.

Agnes AI's role in the programme reflects its founding mission of AI inclusion and parity: ensuring that access to advanced AI capabilities is not reserved for large enterprises or well-funded teams, but is opened up to professionals across Singapore's broader technology sector.

Free Access Now Available — The Real Models, Not a Demo

Agnes AI is opening free access to its full model suite for a limited period, including Agnes-2.0-Flash (text), Agnes-Image-2.0-Flash (image), and Agnes-Video-V2.0 (video generation). This is not a stripped-down trial or a lesser model. These are the same models that rank in the global top 10 AI labs on independent international benchmarks.

Most free AI tiers offer access to limited versions of lesser models. Agnes AI is making its full production suite available at no cost, because the company believes frontier AI should be accessible to everyone — not just teams with the largest budgets. Access is available directly at platform.agnes-ai.com with no subscription required during the free access period.

Top-10 Performance at a Fraction of Market Price

Agnes AI's benchmark rankings are paired with pricing that sits significantly below market rate across all three model categories.

• Agnes-2.0-Flash (text): US$0.03 per million input tokens and US$0.15 per million output tokens — approximately half the cost of DeepSeek-V4 Flash.
• Agnes-Image-2.0-Flash (image): US$3.00 per 1,000 images — set against US$211.00 per 1,000 images for OpenAI's GPT Image 2 at high quality.
• Agnes-Video-V2.0 (video): US$0.30 per minute — less than one-tenth of the cost of other top-tier video models, which range between US$2.00 and US$30.00 per minute.

Across text, image, and video, Agnes AI delivers global top 10 AI lab performance at less than one-tenth the cost of comparable models — a pricing position the company describes as a structural reset of what frontier AI should cost.

Developed, trained, and deployed in Singapore, Agnes AI is proof that frontier AI does not have to be expensive or imported. Built in Singapore. Recognised globally.

About Agnes AI

Agnes AI is a Singapore-based artificial intelligence model company building proprietary full-modality foundation models in-house across text, image, and video generation. Guided by its mission of AI inclusion, parity, and neutrality, Agnes AI develops scalable AI solutions for users, developers, and organisations worldwide. Agnes AI is the first Singapore-born AI model company to be listed on the Artificial Analysis global benchmark leaderboard. For more information, visit agnes-ai.com.

About IMDA

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) develops and regulates Singapore's infocomm media sector, driving innovation and talent for a vibrant and inclusive digital future.

About AI Singapore

AI Singapore is a national AI programme that builds deep AI capabilities in Singapore, creating value-generating AI projects that can be adopted by industry, and developing the AI talent pipeline.

Media Contact

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