AppliedAI expands into Asia-Pacific, launches Opus 2.0 and opens offices in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong

Abu Dhabi-based technology firm AppliedAI is expanding its footprint into the Asia-Pacific region, setting up new offices in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong, as it seeks to deepen its presence in some of the world’s most tightly regulated markets.

The move comes alongside the launch of Opus 2.0, the company’s latest platform designed to enable deterministic orchestration of frontier AI agents, particularly for industries such as banking, healthcare, and the public sector.

The expansion follows a pre-Series B funding round backed by Mubadala and Arbor Ventures, positioning AppliedAI to tap into growing demand for enterprise-grade AI solutions across Asia-Pacific. The company is targeting sectors where regulatory scrutiny and operational complexity have slowed the adoption of AI technologies.

Despite significant advancements in artificial intelligence, enterprise deployment in regulated industries has remained limited, with many pilot projects failing to scale. According to the company, the challenge lies less in technological capability and more in meeting strict regulatory requirements around auditability, reproducibility, and separation of duties.

Opus 2.0 aims to address these barriers by breaking down enterprise workflows into structured, traceable systems. It uses a directed acyclic graph model, where each stage of a process is governed by defined data inputs and outputs, ensuring greater control and compliance.

“AI is everywhere except the bottom line. Opus 2.0 is not a chatbot or a copilot,” said Arya H. Bolurfrushan, Founder and CEO of AppliedAI. “It is a digital labor force of frontier agents, deterministically orchestrated and harnessed to real process knowledge, built for the compliance demands of the world’s most regulated industries.”

With this expansion, AppliedAI is betting that the next phase of AI adoption will be driven not by experimentation, but by systems that can meet the rigorous standards of enterprise and regulatory environments.