Singapore–(Business Wire)–H2O.ai, a leading open source AI platform, and CTC Global Singapore, a trusted technology integrator in Asia Pacific, today announced a partnership to accelerate enterprise AI adoption across the region. The partnership was formalized with a signing ceremony in Singapore and marks a milestone in delivering trusted, production-grade Agentic AI designed to support users in a secure and regulated environment.
This partnership directly addresses the evolving needs of APAC companies.
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Moving beyond proof of concept to production at scale
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Drive business outcomes, not just model accuracy
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Standardize predictive and generative AI on a single, manageable AI platform
H2O.ai and CTC Global Singapore are working together to enable organizations to bridge the last mile between their AI ambitions and enterprise value. The partnership brings together H2O.ai’s AI platform with CTC Global Singapore’s integration and delivery capabilities, providing business users with intuitive tools that ensure complete control, governance, and security by design.
“Enterprise AI’s last mile is 99 miles,” said Sri Ambati, CEO of H2O.ai. “Our partnership with CTC Global Singapore bridges a critical gap in local implementation for banking, telco and public sector customers in Asia, bringing Agentic AI to life by combining GenAI and predictive AI in a secure, explainable and scalable way. We want to grow forests, not just trees, and collaborative innovation and partnerships like this help the whole ecosystem grow.”
Peh Swee Hong, Chief Technology Officer, CTC Global Singapore, said: “This partnership is about democratizing AI for real-world impact. H2O.ai By integrating our platform into our ecosystem, we will help our customers move from experimentation to execution securely and cost-effectively, with robust data ownership and deployment flexibility. Our partnership is already gaining significant traction within the financial services industry, and our goal is to bring the transformative power of AI to all sectors, delivering sustainable value and capturing new growth opportunities in the broader market.”
CTC Global Singapore Managing Director Yoshihiko Ito added, “As the AI landscape continues to evolve, CTC Global Singapore is uniquely positioned to meet the growing demand for enterprise-grade AI at scale. This partnership strengthens our commitment to ‘Taking on the Changes of Tomorrow’ by ensuring our clients have the expertise and resilience to lead in an AI-driven era.”
The partnership will focus on key sectors such as the public sector, financial services, and manufacturing, where demand for Agentic AI is rapidly increasing. The platform has built-in explainability, auditability, and governance and is designed to support the stringent requirements of regulated industries.
About H2O.ai
Founded in 2012, H2O.ai is on a mission to democratize AI. As the world’s leading agent AI company, H2O.ai integrates generative and predictive AI to help enterprises and public institutions develop GenAI applications specifically for private data. H2O.ai focuses on Sovereign AI, a flexible deployment in a secure and compliant infrastructure, delivering solutions compliant with the highest standards of data privacy and control.
Its open source technology is trusted by more than 20,000 organizations worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 500 companies. H2O.ai powers AI transformation for companies such as AT&T, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Certis, Chipotle, Workday, Progressive Insurance, and NIH.
H2O.ai partners include NVIDIA, Dell Technologies, Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY), Snowflake, AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), VAST Data, and MinIO. H2O.ai’s AI for Good program helps nonprofits, foundations, and communities advance education, healthcare, and environmental conservation. With a vibrant community of 2 million data scientists around the world, H2O.ai aims to co-create valuable AI applications for all users.
H2O.ai has raised $256 million from investors including Commonwealth Bank, NVIDIA, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Capital One, Nexus Ventures, and New York Life.
For more information, please visit www.h2o.ai.
About CTC Global Singapore (www.ctc-g.com.sg)
CTC Global Singapore, a subsidiary of Japan’s ITOCHU TechnoSolutions and ITOCHU Corporation, serves as a trusted technology partner for organizations navigating the complexities of an evolving digital environment. With more than 50 years of experience, we live our mission of “Challenging Tomorrow’s Change” by enabling our customers to strategically adopt and scale new technologies, strengthen operational resiliency, and drive purposeful business outcomes.
Our core competencies span automation and AI (including GenAI and AIOps), app modernization and data analytics, enterprise cloud infrastructure, and cyber security. Supported by a dedicated team of over 300 certified IT professionals and fueled by a “One Team” culture of innovation and integrity, our mission is to simplify IT complexity and transform visionary business ideas into sustainable, future-ready solutions.
