Singapore unicorn Patsnap to expand AI-powered patent search

Startup developing industry-specific models for pharma, materials and more

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Guan Dian, Patsnap's co-founder and Asia-Pacific general manager, speaks to Nikkei Asia in Singapore. (Photo by Tsubasa Suruga)

TSUBASA SURUGA, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Patsnap, a Singaporean startup that helps businesses search for and analyze patent information, is starting to offer more services tailored to specific industries by increasingly tapping generative artificial intelligence.

Co-founder Guan Dian told Nikkei Asia in a recent interview that the company -- whose more than 12,000 corporate clients include Tesla, Siemens and NASA -- aims to win more customers across fields such as pharmaceuticals and material sciences through the new services.

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