The launch took place at the invitationonly preview of VXA, a Singapore-based platform created by Eleotri to bring the converging fields of AI, robotics and cybersecurity into one conversation. ARC Singapore co-organised the preview, ahead of VXA’ s inaugural edition in 2027. Tan Kiat How, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Digital Development and Information, attended as Distinguished Guest, alongside senior government officials, enterprise CXOs and technology leaders from across Asia Pacific.

ARC Singapore also signed Memoranda of Understandings( MoUs) with country chapter leads to establish ARC chapters in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. The signing was witnessed by His Excellency Hotmangaradja Pandjaitan,

Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Singapore, and His Excellency Tran Phuoc Anh, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Singapore.

The MoUs further ARC Singapore’ s ambition to grow a regional network, in recognition that AI risks and vulnerabilities cross borders and require a concerted response.

The integration challenge

ARC Singapore is founded on the simple premise that AI, robotics and cybersecurity can no longer be treated as three separate industries. As the first industry body in Singapore to bring all three under one umbrella, it represents the full value chain: AI innovators, robotics solution providers, cybersecurity firms, academic researchers and enterprise end-users, from start-ups to multinationals.

“ The next AI revolution will not only be digital, it will be physical. As AI is built into machines, plants, ports, hospitals and power systems, the system that decides, the machine that acts and the network that can be attacked have become one commingled challenge, and you cannot secure one without understanding the other two. That is the gap ARC Singapore exists to close,” said Chia Hock Lai, Cochairman of ARC Singapore.

For highly automated economies such as Singapore, which has the world’ s second-highest density of industrial robots in manufacturing, the convergence is especially consequential.

Securing industrial and infrastructure systems is both a commercial priority and a matter of national resilience.

Ivan Khua, Co-chairman of ARC Singapore, said:“ As organisations weigh security risks against the returns from AI deployment, how well we integrate AI, robotics and cybersecurity will be critical to giving businesses the confidence to scale. Singapore has an opportunity to help guide this transformation by making trusted deployment a competitive advantage, positioning itself as a locus of innovation and growth for the region and beyond.” �

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