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Sentient

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Kee Lock Chuaunlockedknows Christopher Yeo · together at National Junior College
×8knows the team · via National Junior College
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×2knows the team · via Republic of Singapore Airforce

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 YeoinFounderChristopher 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 · 16

DG Daiwa Ventures
UntroD CapitalTokyo · $772K – $241M
Arrington Capitalreported · 2 sourcesMiami
Canonical CryptoreportedSan Francisco · $500K – $1.5M
Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.reportedRoad Town, Tortola
ForesightreportedVancouver
Foresight VenturesreportedSingapore
Founders Fundreported · 2 sourcesSan Francisco · $500K – $5M
Framework Venturesreported · 2 sourcesSan Francisco · $250K – $40M
Hack VCreported · 2 sourcesPalo Alto · $3M
Hashkey CapitalreportedHong Kong · $2M – $43M
Pantera Capitalreported · 2 sourcesSan Francisco · $5M – $100M
Primitive VenturesreportedSan Francisco
ProtagonistreportedBay Harbor Islands · $10K – $1M
Robot VenturesreportedBeaverton · $100K – $1M
Symbolic CapitalreportedNew York

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$85M disclosed across 1 round · 2024

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

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.

▸Full profile — technology, go-to-market

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.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

In the news

Sentient Labs raises $85m in seed fundingfinance.yahoo.com · Jul 2024Sentient Raises $85 Million Co-Led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund to Accelerate Open AI Development - Decryptdecrypt.co · Jul 2024Peter Thiel's Founders Fund co-leads $85 million seed round for open-source AI platform Sentient | The Blocktheblock.co · Jul 2024Sentient Science Raises $22.5m in Series B Funding - FinSMEsfinsmes.com · Jul 2017Sentient Funding Rounds, Investors & Valuation | Alpha Dropsalphadrops.netFunding - Sentientsentientmedia.org

▸Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

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, UntroD Capital, Arrington Capital, Canonical Crypto, Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd., Foresight, Foresight Ventures, Founders Fund and 8 more.
How much funding has Sentient raised?
Sentient has disclosed $85M raised across 1 round.