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Geographic Expansioncurated sourcedetected 2026-06-10 · confidence 95%

Plaud: Geographic Expansion

Plaud is significantly expanding its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore with S$10 million+ investment, planning to grow local workforce to ~150 employees by end of 2026, establishing Singapore as regional hub for AI development, product engineering, and global operations.

Source: TechNode Global — SEA/China tech

cross border expansion

The leadership read

Urgent need for AI engineers, AI agent architects, data scientists, cloud infrastructure engineers, regional business leaders, HR, finance, and legal/compliance specialists. This represents headcount growth from current Singapore team to 150 employees.

Market context: the MitchelLake Talent Market Index reads 108.5 — Hot (+10.8 vs prior month); Asia signal share is easing (-2.1pts).

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