Horizon3 is opening its Asean headquarters and Regional Centre of Excellence in Singapore, where it will base its push across Southeast Asia, Australia and Japan.

Backed by Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and EDBI, which is part of SG Growth Capital, the move comes as enterprises face faster, AI-enabled attacks and mounting pressure to prove cyber resilience.

“Singapore’s regulatory and national cybersecurity agenda signals a broader shift across the region: boards can no longer rely on confidence or compliance checklists; they must be able to prove cyber resilience and prove they are prepared for AI-enabled cyber warfare,” said Snehal Antani (top), CEO and Co-founder of Horizon3.

“Our expansion in Singapore, supported by EDB and EDBI, positions Horizon3 at the centre of Southeast Asia’s digital economy, where we can work closely with customers and partners to move from periodic assessments to continuous, attacker-validated proof of resilience,” he added.

The AI-native cybersecurity company will increase local headcount as it scales sales, customer and partner operations, while using the office to support expansion into Australia and Japan.

Antani said Singapore’s mix of financial institutions, critical-infrastructure operators and regional headquarters makes it more than a convenient regional address.

“As AI compresses attack timelines from months to hours, the strategic question for security leaders is not how many vulnerabilities they have, but whether they can continuously validate what is actually exploitable and verify that remediation has reduced business risk,” he said.

According to Gareth Cox, Vice President of Asia Pacific and Japan at Horizon3, Singapore was selected because its policy direction matches the company’s proposition.

“Horizon3 chose Singapore as our Southeast Asia base because it combines a deep concentration of financial institutions, critical infrastructure operators and regional headquarters with a clear, forward-looking direction on cyber resilience and AI governance,” he said

Horizon3’s NodeZero platform autonomously validates attack paths, recommends remediation and retests systems to confirm fixes have worked.

Horizon3 plans to scale go-to-market operations across enterprise, mid-market and public-sector segments; deepen partnerships with local managed security service providers, systems integrators and cloud providers; and collaborate with Singapore’s cybersecurity ecosystem, including CSA-led initiatives on AI for cybersecurity and critical information infrastructure resilience.

It also intends to support continuous assurance linked to Singapore’s National AI Strategy under the Ministry of Digital Development and Information.