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Sentient is an AI solutions provider offering enterprise services including automatic speech recognition for Asian languages.

Also known as Sentient.io

Founders & leadership

CYChristopher Yeo
Christopher YeoFounderChristopher Yeo founded Information Fusion Pte Ltd, an internet logistics software company, in 1994, and later served as CTO at Comex Frontier before working in technology commercialization at A*STAR Singapore and venture capital roles at NUS and digital media venture funds.

Investors · 17

Arrington CapitalreportedMiami

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Hack VCreportedPalo Alto · $3M

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Funding

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$85M disclosed across 1 round · 2024

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Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Sentient (sentient.io) provides artificial intelligence solutions aimed at enterprise users. Its publicly showcased capability is automatic speech recognition (ASR) tuned for Asian languages, including Singlish, alongside translation of recognised speech into languages such as Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese and Bahasa Indonesia. The company demonstrates its ASR engine against generic ASR alternatives using colloquial Singaporean speech samples.

The company presents work with organisations including Daido Steel, IHI, Mediacorp and Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific.

Traction

The company lists Daido Steel, IHI, Mediacorp and Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific among the organisations associated with it.

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Technology

The company's demonstrated technology centres on automatic speech recognition optimised for Asian languages and colloquial speech such as Singlish, paired with machine translation of transcribed output into Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese and Bahasa Indonesia.

Go-to-market

Enterprises, including industrial, trading and media organisations such as Daido Steel, IHI, Mediacorp and Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Sentient do?
Sentient is an AI solutions provider offering enterprise services including automatic speech recognition for Asian languages.
Who founded Sentient?
Sentient was founded by Christopher Yeo.
Who are Sentient's investors?
Sentient's investors include DG Daiwa Ventures, DG Ventures, Inc., Primitive Ventures, UntroD Capital, Arrington Capital, Canonical Crypto, Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd., Foresight Canada and 9 more.
How much funding has Sentient raised?
Sentient has disclosed $85M raised across 1 round.