Singapore startups are massively switching to Claude: the gap with ChatGPT has narrowed threefold
The market for AI assistants in Singapore is experiencing a tectonic shift. Anthropic's Claude model is showing explosive growth among local startups, narrowing ChatGPT's once-significant lead to a minimum.
According to data from fintech platform Aspire, the number of paying Claude customers among Singaporean startups has increased by 258% over the past year. Even more impressive are the spending figures for this service, which have skyrocketed 17-fold. For comparison, a year ago, OpenAI had four times more paying startup customers than Anthropic. Now, that gap has narrowed to 1.5 times.
Market Share and Trends
Claude's share of total spending by Singaporean startups on AI platforms has reached 37%. This means that nearly one in three dollars spent on AI tools now goes to Anthropic. Overall, the AI ecosystem in Singapore continues to develop rapidly: the number of startups using any AI tools has grown by 42%. Meanwhile, the number of companies working with three or more platforms simultaneously has more than doubled.
My analysis: Claude's sharp rise is explained not only by Anthropic's aggressive marketing but also by the model's real technical advantages in processing long contexts and security. Singaporean startups focused on fintech and compliance value these qualities. However, ChatGPT should not be written off—OpenAI retains leadership in absolute numbers, and the race for developers' wallets is just beginning.