No Agreed Way to Use AI
Copilot or ChatGPT is switched on, but nobody has agreed which information can go where, so rollout stalls.
AI Advisors and Builders
AI Consulting in Singapore
Singapore runs on lean teams managing complex cross-border operations. We set up a secure AI foundation and usage policy first, then build research, operations and reporting workflows.
For fund managers and multi-family offices, as part of our investment management work. The people in your first meeting do the work.
Book a CallClients across New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore
The Challenge
What's Holding Your Business Back
Reporting Across Borders
Multi-currency reports and cross-border compliance documents get rebuilt by hand for each investor and market.
Investors and MAS Are Asking
Due diligence questionnaires and MAS guidance now ask how you use AI, and you need a policy and a record to show it.
Lean Family Office Teams
Consolidated reporting, onboarding and manager knowledge land on the same few people in a lean family office.
More on where lean investment teams get stuck is on our investment management page.
Why ELab
The Humans Behind Your AI
People who understand your business and can build the technology. We're operators who've run businesses and delivery ourselves.
We've Been in Your Shoes
Most of us have worked in both traditional business and technology. We've run teams, delivery and businesses, so we start with how the work gets done.
We Learn Your Business From the Inside
We map the processes and work alongside your people, so by the end we know how your business runs, where the team's time goes and where AI helps.
Investment Work Across Asia
We work with investment managers in Hong Kong today, and run AI Foundations workshops in person in Singapore with the people who do the work.
Our Approach
People and Processes First
For investment teams we put a secure foundation in place first, then work from your people and processes. Tools and systems come last.
Explore How We WorkPeople: Your people on their best work
Understand your team's skills, where their time is best spent and what's in the way. A person stays in charge of every output that matters.
Processes: Take the friction out of the work
See where work stalls, from double data entry to time lost on low-value tasks. We map the handovers, approvals and exceptions and fix the process before AI goes in, using Lean Six Sigma where it helps.
Company Brain: What your business knows, in one place
Your people and your AI can find it, use it and work with full company context. Pricing, procedures, client history and templates stay in your own systems.
Tools and Systems: Every tool pulling its weight
Your systems work together as intended, so you get the most from AI. Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, whichever fits, tested with the people who'll use it.
What We Build
Research, Operations and Reporting
Every engagement starts with a secure AI foundation and usage policy. Then we build workflows one area at a time, and your team reviews every output and makes every investment decision.
Research and Due Diligence
Research summaries, credit papers and IC papers prepared from approved sources, with each point linked to where it came from. An analyst checks every draft.
Operations and Records
One record for each investor, borrower or deal, built from the files and systems you already run. Requests and notices go to the right person to check first.
Investor Reporting
Investor letters, data packs and due diligence questionnaire responses drafted from approved data and past answers. The relationship owner approves each one.
In Practice
Results That Bring Clients Back
Once the first workflows prove their value, most clients move on to the next area of the business. A Hong Kong investment manager started with AI Foundations, then came back to build workflows for its investment team.
- 74%Of clients keep working with us after their first project
- 5Consecutive projects on average with our most established clients
- 92%Of our growth has come through client referrals
How It Works
A Secure Foundation, Then One Area at a Time
Each phase has a fixed fee and a clear scope before it starts. The foundation comes first, so every workflow runs inside agreed controls.
AI Foundations
3 to 4 weeks
Platform, policy and controls set before any workflow touches investor or deal data.
- An enterprise AI platform, access by role
- An AI usage policy and data handling rules
- One workshop, a roadmap and one live workflow
Implementation Sprints
3 to 6 weeks each
Research, operations or reporting workflows, one area at a time, following the roadmap.
- Sources, access and review set in week one
- Workflows tested on real work
- An owner on your side for every workflow
Ongoing Support
After go-live
Others build and leave. We stay to tune each workflow as your team uses it.
- 2 to 3 months of tuning after go-live
- Then optional managed AI services
- Your setup kept current as the tools change
In Singapore
How We Work in Singapore
We start with a secure foundation, then build one workflow at a time, with your team testing each one before it goes live.
Workshops in Person
AI Foundations starts with a workshop in person in Singapore. Then we map the workflows that take the most time and agree the operating requirements.
Built for Cross-Border Work
Workflows can cover multi-currency reporting, cross-border compliance documents and investor communications across time zones, from one source of truth.
Tested With Your Team
We build and test the first workflows with the people who'll use them. Each workflow has an owner on your side before it goes live.
Practical Questions
Questions From Singapore
More on security, scope and timing is on our investment management page.
Can you support businesses regulated by MAS?
Yes. We work within your existing compliance and security frameworks, and your data stays under your control, hosted where you need it. The usage policy and data handling rules are agreed before any workflow touches client data.
Where should a Singapore investment team start?
With a secure AI foundation and usage policy, then one recurring workflow. Common first workflows are investor reporting, due diligence questionnaire responses, deal memos and compliance documents.
Do you work with family offices?
Yes. We work with fund managers and multi-family offices in Singapore. For a lean family office team, useful first workflows include consolidated reporting, team onboarding and knowledge about each manager and relationship.
Do you provide investment advice or trading tools?
No. We work on the operations of an investment business. We don't offer investment advice, stock recommendations or automated trading. Your investment professionals stay responsible for every investment decision.
How long does an engagement take?
AI Foundations runs 3 to 4 weeks and includes one workshop and one live workflow. Implementation sprints usually run 3 to 6 weeks each, one area of the business at a time.
A Good Place to Start
Start With a Secure Foundation
Thirty minutes on how your team works today and where AI should go first. No preparation or project brief needed.
Book a Call hello@elab.co.nz