By Edward Lim
HP has launched as part of its 55th anniversary in Singapore the Garage 2.0 innovation platform to accelerate AI startup growth and spearhead breakthroughs in next-generation technologies.
The initiative pays homage to HP’s beginnings in 1939, when founders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started their revolutionary venture out of a modest garage in Palo Alto. That location is now celebrated as the birthplace of Silicon Valley and a symbol of entrepreneurial spirit.
Like the original HP Garage, Garage 2.0 channels the value of experimentation and invention but reimagined for the needs of today’s fastest-growing tech sector in Asia.
“HP has long been part of Singapore’s innovation journey, and with Garage 2.0, we are taking a bold step forward to accelerate AI breakthroughs and nurture the technologies that will shape the future of work. This is our way of building on our legacy here while continuing to collaborate with Singapore as a strategic partner, supporting the nation as it innovates and adapts to the ever-evolving technology landscape,” said Koh Kong Meng (above), Managing Director of Singapore and Southeast Asia at HP Inc.
Supported by Singapore’s Economic Development Board, the Singapore-based hub intends to empower AI startups to transform ideas into impactful solutions to strengthen Singapore’s position as a global innovation centre.
Garage 2.0 launches with a cohort of 10 AI startups, reflecting industry priorities in AI, sustainability and next-generation applications for digital transformation.
AdaptiveX: A voice-first AI company delivering enterprise conversational AI solutions that help enterprises automate tasks and boost customer engagement.
Addlly AI: An agentic GenAI marketing platform that makes brand content visible in AI search engines like ChatGPT and Gemini by handling planning, optimisation and publishing workflows.
AIPath: The world’s first AI-native strategy CRM platform for product managers and growth teams, transforming product-market fit strategy into automated, actionable systems.
byteEDGE: An AI-powered knowledge performance system that converts documents into bite-sized videos and delivers immersive, multilingual learning and simulations for the modern workforce.
ELGO AI: A no-code, enterprise AI platform enabling fast deployment of customised AI solutions for workflow automation through multi-agent orchestration and plug-and-play integrations.
Menlo Research: An open R&D lab based in Singapore that develops open-source AI and robotics solutions that empower builders to apply advanced, sustainable AI in real-world and industrial settings.
Pints AI: An AI generative platform focused on regulated industries to provide source-traceable, auditable insights and automation, with an on-premise “AI-in-a-Box” for data compliance.
Sprouts: A GenAI-based demand generation platform that helps B2B sales teams identify actionable intelligence, increase lead quality and automate go-to-market outreach using proprietary data and AI agents.
Techpay: A company focused on democratising technology through affordable, transformative digital solutions to bridge the digital divide and empower economic growth and innovation.
Wubble: The world’s first B2B ethical AI music platform that enables fast, cost-effective generation of custom, royalty-free music for enterprise and retail customers.
These startups gain access to collaborative workspaces at HP’s Singapore campus, as well as mentorship, engineering expertise and go-to-market support from HP and its partners, including global venture capital firm Antler and major tech companies such as AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm.
Entelechy Asia 