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AI development company for Singapore clients, delivered by an India-based senior engineering team

Decipher Consultancy Services is a Gurugram, India based AI and software firm. We serve Singapore fintechs, banks, wealth managers, insurers, logistics and B2B SaaS teams with custom AI, RAG chatbots, AI agents, predictive ML and managed operations. SGT is only 2.5 hours ahead of IST so we get 8 to 9 hours of daily real-time overlap. Delhi to Singapore is a 5.5 hour direct flight for on-site kickoffs and quarterly reviews. MAS TRM aware, PDPA 2012 aligned, MSA under Singapore law. SGD and USD invoicing. ISO 9001:2015 certified, 12+ years, 500+ systems shipped.

Serving
Singapore · SEA regional HQ
Delivery Model
  • India-based engineering. Honest: no Singapore office.
  • Near-full workday overlap with SGT (only 2.5 hours ahead of IST).
  • 5.5 hr direct flight for on-site. MSA under Singapore law. SGD or USD invoicing.
Delivery HQ
Sushant Lok III, Gurugram, India . Serving Singapore remotely + on-site visits
12+
Years
500+
Systems
ISO
9001:2015
12+ years
Shipping AI & software
500+
Systems shipped
8-9 hrs
Daily SGT overlap
SGD + USD
Invoicing available
Why Singapore Companies Work With Decipher

Near-perfect timezone overlap, senior AI engineering, MAS-aware delivery

Singapore has some of the highest local AI engineering rates in APAC. Senior AI hires from a Raffles Place consultancy or a big-4 tech advisory bill SGD 300 to 500 per hour. The local talent market is thin above the mid-senior line, and every fintech, bank and B2B SaaS company competes for the same 200 people. The India-based project-services model we run gives Singapore CIOs, product heads and compliance leads a third option. Senior engineering time under Singapore-law MSA, at roughly 30 to 50 percent of local rates, with near-full workday overlap because we are only 2.5 hours behind SGT.

  • 50 to 70 percent cost delta vs Singapore consultancies. Senior AI engineer at a Raffles Place shop bills SGD 300 to 500 per hour. Same seniority with us bills SGD 90 to 150 per hour, with a named PM on the account.
  • Near-full workday overlap. SGT is only 2.5 hours ahead of IST. Live from 11:30 AM SGT through 8:30 PM SGT every workday. 8 to 9 hour real-time overlap window. Weekends match.
  • 5.5 hour direct flight for on-site. Delhi to Singapore direct. Kickoff and quarterly reviews on-site by default. Go-live and workshops with your regional business leads across SEA on 5 to 7 working days notice.
  • MAS TRM aware, PDPA 2012 aligned. Model risk documentation, explainability logs, audit trails for MAS supervisory reviews. Data residency in AWS ap-southeast-1 or Azure Southeast Asia.
  • Regional SEA reach. Singapore HQs typically deploy across Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines. We have shipped multi-country rollouts with region-specific KYC, payments and language nuances.
  • Singapore-law MSA available. SIAC arbitration seat in Singapore or Indian law if you prefer. SGD or USD invoicing. Full IP assignment under work-for-hire. Net-15 or net-30 terms.
Delivery Model for Singapore

India-based, SGT-aligned

Delivery HQ: Sushant Lok III,
Gurugram, Haryana 122001,
India
Live overlap: 11:30 AM to 8:30 PM SGT daily
info@decipherconsultancy.in
Delhi to SG: 5.5 hr direct flight
ISO 9001:2015 certified delivery
Data residency: AWS ap-southeast-1, Azure SEA
Honest note: no permanent Singapore office. We fly in as needed and run day-to-day work remotely with a dedicated Slack or Teams channel and SGT-hour cover.
AI + Software Services We Deliver to Singapore

Seven practice areas shipped for Singapore buyers

Start with one to prove value fast, or combine several into an end-to-end AI programme owned by a single named delivery lead.

Custom RAG Chatbots

Retrieval-augmented chatbots grounded in your product docs, policy library or wealth research. Cited answers, low-hallucination behaviour, deployed on web, WhatsApp, Teams or in-app.

Explore RAG chatbots

AI Agents for BFSI & Ops

Multi-step agents for KYC assist, credit decisioning, wealth advisory copilots, claims triage, back-office reconciliation. Wired to your core banking, CRM, PayNow and payment rails.

Explore AI agents

Predictive ML Models

Credit scoring, fraud detection, churn, dynamic pricing, wealth portfolio recommendation, insurance underwriting and claims. Built on your data, deployed in your stack, drift-monitored.

Explore predictive ML

LLM Integration for SEA SaaS

In-app AI features for Singapore-HQ B2B SaaS products serving SEA. Copilots, onboarding assistants, multilingual support (English, Bahasa, Thai, Vietnamese), insight engines.

Explore SaaS LLM builds

Managed AI Operations

Ongoing ownership of your live AI systems. Model monitoring, prompt regressions, cost control, drift alerts, retraining loops and 24/7 on-call rotation aligned to SGT business hours.

Explore managed ops

Security & Continuity

Hardening for MAS-regulated systems. VAPT, MAS TRM mapping, ISO 27001 controls alignment, DR drills, key rotation, audit logging and vendor-review readiness for regulated clients.

Explore security

WhatsApp + Multilingual Messaging

WhatsApp Business Platform for SEA rollouts. English, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Thai and Vietnamese templates. PayNow and regional payment link integration.

Explore messaging

Book a call in SGT

Free 15-min Zoom in Singapore business hours. Tell us the sector, current stack and where AI fits into your roadmap. A senior solution lead meets you within 48 hours.

Book Free 15-min Call
Industries in Singapore We Target

Six Singapore sectors where our engagement model fits well

These are the buyer profiles that match how we deliver. Honest scope: not fabricated logos, just the sectors we ship for.

MAS Fintech & Banks

Singapore fintechs, digital banks, payments and wealth-tech firms building AI copilots for KYC, credit decisioning, fraud scoring and RM productivity with MAS TRM documentation ready for supervisory review.

Wealth & Family Offices

Private banks, wealth advisories, single and multi-family offices building portfolio reporting agents, KYC packet generation, document Q&A and English + Chinese document summarisation.

B2B SaaS with SEA Reach

Singapore-HQ B2B SaaS teams shipping across Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines that need in-app AI features, multilingual copilots and regional data-residency posture.

Logistics & Supply Chain

Port operators, freight forwarders and cross-border logistics platforms building document extraction, route and yard optimisation, ETA prediction and shipment Q&A agents at regional scale.

Insurance & InsurTech

Singapore-licensed insurers and InsurTech vendors building claims triage, underwriting risk models, policy document Q&A and multilingual customer chatbots across SEA markets.

Regional HQ Digital Programmes

Global companies running SEA regional headquarters from Singapore, driving digital and AI programmes across the region with region-specific KYC, payments, tax and language localisation.

How We Work With Singapore Clients

Four-step engagement model that Singapore procurement teams recognise

Practical, predictable and easy to hand to your legal, finance and technology risk leads.

1
Discovery call in SGT

Free 15-min Zoom in SGT business hours. We understand your goal, current stack, data situation and timeline. If it fits, we scope a paid 1 to 2 week discovery sprint under mutual NDA.

2
On-site kickoff week

For engagements above SGD 30,000, kickoff is on-site in Singapore. Workshops with business, IT security, technology risk and compliance owners. We fly in (5.5 hr direct), you host. Singapore-law MSA signed before code.

3
Slack + weekly video review

Dedicated private Slack or Teams channel. Weekly Zoom checkpoint in SGT hours. Shared Linear or Jira board. Named PM and tech lead stay on the account start to finish, no swap-outs.

4
Quarterly on-site review

Executive review in Singapore every quarter for retainer engagements. Deployment sign-off, MAS documentation walkthrough where relevant, roadmap alignment. Travel billed at cost, not marked up.

Compliance We Support for Singapore Engagements

Regulatory posture set up the way Singapore procurement expects

Contracts, data handling, residency and security controls aligned to PDPA 2012, MAS TRM Guidelines, MAS Notice 655 outsourcing and IMDA Model AI Governance.

What is standard, before any code is written

Signed paperwork and documented controls come first. Discovery after NDA. Build after MSA and SOW under Singapore law. Regulatory framework picked up front, not retrofitted.

PDPA 2012 alignment

Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (as amended) principles applied. DPIA support, data intermediary DPA, consent architecture and PDPC-friendly privacy notice inputs.

MAS TRM Guidelines

Technology Risk Management framework applied for BFSI clients. Model risk documentation, explainability logs, change controls and IT audit-ready evidence for MAS supervisory reviews.

MAS Notice 655 outsourcing

Outsourcing risk assessment support for FI clients. Third-party risk documentation, exit management planning, sub-contractor register and audit-rights clauses fitted to Notice 655.

IMDA Model AI Governance

Model AI Governance Framework and AI Verify toolkit principles applied where relevant. Fairness, explainability and human oversight patterns built into AI feature specs from day one.

Singapore / SEA data residency

AWS ap-southeast-1 (Singapore), Azure Southeast Asia and Google Cloud asia-southeast1 available. Data stays inside Singapore borders when your contract requires it.

Zero data retention on LLMs

OpenAI, Anthropic and Azure OpenAI ZDR configurations enabled. Your prompts and completions are not retained by the model provider or used for training. Documented in the DPA.

MSA under Singapore law

Default MSA governed by Singapore law with SIAC arbitration seat in Singapore. Indian law available if you prefer. Standard mutual NDA before any technical discovery.

Full IP + code handover

All code, model weights, prompts, fine-tuned adapters and evaluation datasets are your work-for-hire IP. Delivered into your GitHub, GitLab or Azure DevOps organisation.

Pricing for Singapore Clients

Four transparent engagement tiers, priced in SGD and USD

Real anchors, not vague ranges. Every tier includes a named PM, senior India-based engineers, weekly video review and a fixed price or T&M ceiling.

Tier 1
Discovery Sprint
SGD 6,500
approx USD 4,900 . 1 to 2 weeks

Signed NDA, technical audit of your current stack, solution architecture, integration map and a fixed-price proposal for the build phase.

  • Solution architect + PM
  • 2 workshops (remote or on-site)
  • Written scope + fixed build price
Tier 3
Full AI Agent Build
SGD 55,000 - 85,000
approx USD 41,000 - 64,000 . 10 to 16 weeks

Full AI agent or predictive ML build. Multi-step workflow with core banking, wealth platform, CRM and payment rails. Model risk documentation. On-site kickoff and go-live.

  • 4 to 6 person delivery pod
  • On-site kickoff + go-live week
  • Full eval harness + audit logs
  • 90 days post-go-live warranty
Tier 4
Managed AI Ops
SGD 4,400 - 8,200
approx USD 3,300 - 6,200 / month . 3-month min

Ongoing monthly retainer. Own your live AI systems, monitor model drift and cost, run prompt regressions, retrain on schedule, on-call rotation for incidents.

  • Named tech lead + engineer
  • Monthly quality report
  • 24/7 on-call with 15-min ack
  • Quarterly on-site review

All prices exclude travel-at-cost for on-site visits. Singapore GST on imported services is handled by your finance team where applicable.

FAQ

Questions Singapore buyers ask on the first call

No, and we are transparent about it. Decipher Consultancy Services is a Gurugram India-based firm. Our founder, engineering team and delivery leadership are all in India. We do not currently operate a Singapore office. For Singapore clients we fly in for kickoff, quarterly reviews and go-live milestones when the engagement calls for it. Flight time from Delhi to Singapore is about 5.5 hours direct, which makes on-site visits practical on short notice. Day-to-day work runs on a dedicated Slack or Teams channel with near-full workday overlap since SGT is only 2.5 hours ahead of IST.

SGT is 2.5 hours ahead of IST, which is nearly a perfect overlap. Our team is live from 11:30 AM SGT (9:00 AM IST) through 8:30 PM SGT (6:00 PM IST) every workday. That gives Singapore clients a solid 8 to 9 hour real-time overlap window covering the entire SGT working day. Slack or Teams, Zoom, code reviews, pairing and design sessions all happen inside that window. Weekends match (Sat-Sun both sides). On-call for production incidents runs 24/7 with 15-minute acknowledgment.

Yes. Singapore clients are typically invoiced in SGD or USD from our India entity via SWIFT wire transfer. GST-compliant Indian tax invoices are provided which Singapore AP teams accept as vendor invoices. We do not add Indian GST on export invoices for Singapore clients. Singapore GST on imported services is typically handled by your finance team under reverse-charge rules if applicable to your GST-registered entity. Payment terms are net-15 or net-30, wire transfer standard.

Yes. We build AI for MAS regulated fintechs and banks with the technology risk management, model risk documentation, explainability logs and audit trails that fit the MAS TRM Guidelines and MAS Notice 655 outsourcing framework. We support your third-party risk assessment, complete standard security questionnaires and produce vendor-review documentation your compliance team needs. Common builds include KYC and AML automation, credit decisioning, fraud detection, RM copilots and wealth advisory chatbots.

Yes. Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (as amended) is the baseline for every Singapore engagement. We support DPIA documentation, act as data intermediary under a signed DPA, help with PDPC-friendly privacy notice inputs and align sub-processor lists to your data protection obligations. For data residency we use AWS ap-southeast-1 (Singapore), Azure Southeast Asia and Google Cloud asia-southeast1. Cross-border transfer clauses are drafted to fit your PDPA consent posture.

You do. All code, model weights, fine-tuned adapters, prompts, evaluation datasets and infrastructure-as-code we produce for you is your work-for-hire IP under the MSA. Contract governing law can be Singapore law with SIAC arbitration seat in Singapore, or Indian law if you prefer. Everything lives in your GitHub, GitLab or Azure DevOps organisation. When the engagement ends, you keep everything. We do not resell your data, prompts or models to anyone.

We fly in. Delhi to Singapore is a 5.5 hour direct flight, so on-site visits are practical on short notice. Kickoff week is on-site by default for engagements above SGD 30,000. Quarterly executive reviews are on-site when the client asks. For specific milestones like go-live, UAT with a bank IT team, or a workshop with your regional business leads across SEA, we are on the ground within 5 to 7 working days. Travel and accommodation are billed at cost, not marked up. If you need a full-time embedded engineer for 3 or more months we help arrange a secondment rather than pretending we have a Singapore bench.

Ready to work with an India-based AI team under Singapore-law MSA?

Book a 15-minute Zoom in SGT. Tell us the sector, current stack, compliance context and roadmap. We come back with a shortlist of engagement options and, for engagements above SGD 30,000, a firm plan to fly in for kickoff.

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