Singapore Enterprise Compute Initiative (ECI) for AI Cloud Compute Credits and Subsidised AI Consultancy

Quick Facts

Agency

Government of Singapore, Digital Industry Singapore (DISG) with IMDA, funded through Budget 2025

Funding

The Enterprise Compute Initiative carries up to 150,000,000 Singapore dollars in total programme funding. Individual enterprises can receive cloud credits worth up to 250,000 Singapore dollars per cloud service provider, with reported ceilings reaching 350,000 Singapore dollars depending on the provider, plus co-funding of up to 70 percent of eligible AI consultancy costs capped at 105,000 Singapore dollars per enterprise. At approximately 0.77 US dollars to the Singapore dollar, the 350,000 dollar credit ceiling is roughly 269,500 US dollars and the combined package of credits and consultancy support reaches roughly 350,000 US dollars; amount_min is recorded as 269,500 and amount_max as 350,000 on that basis. The consultancy component is what distinguishes ECI from a straightforward credit programme and is the part enterprises most often undervalue. The government pays 70 percent of the consultant's fee directly, and the support is scoped to developing a minimum viable product and to change management, which is an explicit acknowledgement that the obstacle to enterprise AI adoption is usually organisational rather than computational. An enterprise that takes the credits and skips the consultancy is leaving the more scarce resource on the table. Because the credit ceiling varies by cloud service provider, the choice of provider is a funding decision as well as a technical one and should be made with the published per-provider caps in hand.

Deadline

December 31, 2026 (82 days remaining)

Status

Active

Eligibility

To qualify a company must be registered or incorporated in Singapore with an active physical presence locally, and must employ at least ten staff based in Singapore. It must have senior leadership sponsorship at CEO or equivalent level, an in-house technology, AI or data team comprising at least two relevant roles such as software engineers or data specialists, prior experience in developing custom AI solutions such as a proof of concept or pilot deployment, relevant and accessible datasets available for project development, and sufficient organisational capacity including resources, funding and governance support. Read together these criteria exclude a large share of applicants who assume they qualify. A company with no prior AI build history does not meet the prior-experience test however clear its use case, a company that intends to outsource all technical work does not meet the in-house team requirement, and a company whose data sits inaccessible in third-party systems does not meet the dataset requirement. The programme is explicitly aimed at enterprises ready to execute an AI project, not at those seeking funding to begin exploring one, and the ten-employee floor rules out small startups, which are directed to other Enterprise Singapore schemes such as Startup SG Tech. Support comprises cloud credits of up to 250,000 Singapore dollars per cloud service provider, reported as reaching 350,000 depending on provider, and co-funding of up to 70 percent of eligible consultancy costs capped at 105,000 Singapore dollars. Applications are submitted online at disg.gov.sg on a rolling basis; prospective applicants should confirm current per-provider credit caps and any remaining programme allocation with DISG before planning, since the 150,000,000 dollar envelope is finite.