Temus makes a strategic investment in Thinking Machines Data Science

Both firms are positioned to accelerate the move from AI pilots to production-grade deployment across Southeast Asia.

Temasek’s Temus has announced a strategic investment in Thinking Machines Data Science (TM). The deal will see TM continue to operate its own brand and leadership.

TM’s Stephanie Sy will join the Temus leadership team and co-lead the combined Applied AI & Data team as Managing Director, alongside Sutowo Wong.

Founded in Manila in 2015, TM has trained more than 10,000 professionals in AI and co-developed hundreds of AI systems with organizations across financial services, retail, conglomerates, and the civic sector. It operates offices in Manila, Singapore, and Bangkok.

TM is also OpenAI’s first APAC Services Partner and was recently awarded OpenAI advanced partner status, reflecting its track record of deploying production-grade AI systems across diverse operating environments in the region.

According to Sy, the window to capture this moment in Southeast Asia is now with the right partners needed to move at the speed the market demands.

“We built Thinking Machines because we believe that the region deserves world–class AI capability – built here, for here. Joining the Temus group means we can pursue that ambition at a scale we could not have reached alone. Our team, our brand, and our commitment to our clients remain unchanged. What changes is the breadth of what we can offer them,” Sy said.

Meanwhile, Temasek-owned Temus provides full-stack AI transformation spanning cloud and application engineering, consulting, and design. Its work spans healthcare, defence, financial services, education, and government, in line with Singapore’s Smart Nation and National AI Strategy priorities.

In May 2026, Temus launched AI Foundry which aims to enable AI deployment at enterprises in a “better, faster, cheaper” manner. This includes offering the service to large enterprises as well as small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up the majority of organizations in Singapore, but may have a very different set of challenges and view on AI transformation projects.

The deal will see both companies combine their offerings and be positioned to accelerate the move from AI pilots to production-grade deployment across Southeast Asia. Clients and partners of both firms will benefit from expanded capability across the combined entity, with no disruption to existing engagements or teams.

Both companies will combine their offerings and be positioned to accelerate the move from AI pilots to production-grade deployment across Southeast Asia. Clients and partners of both firms will benefit from expanded capability across the combined entity, with no disruption to existing engagements or teams.

Commenting on the deal, Sutowo Wong, Managing Director, Applied AI & Data, Temus, said he is glad to be working alongside Sy and the Thinking Machines team as the two teams come together.

“Our combined Applied AI & Data team brings together Temus’ transformation delivery capability with Thinking Machines’ decade of AI execution experience. Together, we’re able to support clients with a deeper bench across the full spectrum of AI and data work, and scale AI impact across the Southeast Asia region,” he said.

For Sng Ren Yeong, Chief Executive Officer, Temus, many enterprises are navigating the challenge of running AI systems that hold up under real operating conditions – constrained data, regulatory requirements, complex workflows. He explained that this requires a different level of engineering, governance, and integration.

“Thinking Machines brings deep capability in that layer of the problem. This investment connects two parts of the system that need to work as one: how AI is built, and how it is made to operate at scale,” Sng said.

“This investment is a recognition of a shared mission – two teams that were each built by people who came home to build. Thinking Machines gains the reach and resources of the Temus group. Temus gains a team that has been doing serious AI delivery work for over a decade. Together, we are better placed than ever to help organizations move from AI pilots into production, for Singapore and beyond,” he added.