fileAI has secured an investment from SMBC Asia Rising Fund and Singtel Innov8 as the enterprise AI company expands its presence in Japan and grows its financial-services capabilities. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.
SMBC Asia Rising Fund is the corporate venture capital fund of SMBC, while Singtel Innov8 is the corporate venture capital arm of Singtel Group. The investment will support fileAI’s plans to establish a local Japanese team across sales, engineering and customer success.
fileAI is the company behind fileForge, an AI-native platform designed to automate complex, high-volume file and data workflows. The platform combines data capture, preparation, governance and orchestration to convert unstructured and semi-structured information into structured and auditable workflows.
The company also launched fileScout, an AI-native unstructured data mapping solution designed to reduce token costs when processing enterprise data. fileScout works with fileAI’s data capture, validation, matching and reconciliation capabilities to produce verified and audit-ready records.
The investment builds on fileAI’s June 2026 partnership with JRE Ventures, which helped establish its presence in Japan. fileAI plans to deepen its work with regulated enterprises in areas including statement and covenant extraction, KYC, customer onboarding, reconciliation and regulatory reporting.
fileAI said its platform has processed more than 1 billion files across finance, insurance, supply chain, healthcare and other business operations. Customers include MS&AD, Toshiba, PwC, KPMG, Nippon Paint and Keppel.
KEY QUOTES:
“AI will become an operating layer for every major enterprise, but that future cannot be built on fragmented data, unreliable outputs or endlessly expanding computing costs. Our third-generation processing pipeline and fileScout address that foundation, enabling organisations to transform their most complex unstructured data into trusted intelligence and production-grade workflows. Backed by some of Asia’s most influential corporate ecosystems, fileAI’s ambition is to build a global enterprise AI leader from Asia and to help the region’s businesses become the most AI-enabled organisations in the world.”
Christian Schneider, CEO of fileAI
“Singtel Innov8 is excited to invest in fileAI as it builds a purpose-built AI platform to address one of the most persistent challenges in enterprise data. We believe there is a significant and growing need to turn complex, unstructured information into clean, structured data that enterprises can trust and use at scale. We see strong potential for fileAI as enterprises increasingly seek reliable data foundations to support AI adoption and unlock greater value from their data.”
Boon Ping Chua, Managing Director at Singtel Innov8
“At SMBC Group, we continue to drive digitalization and AI transformation across the Group to enhance both operational efficiency and customer experience. At the same time, we see strong demand for solutions that enable enterprises to unlock value from vast amounts of unstructured data and documents. We believe fileAI’s capabilities in improving data accessibility, operational efficiency, and decision-making will become increasingly important in the AI era. We look forward to collaborating with fileAI and leading organisations to explore practical AI use cases and drive innovation across industries.”
Mayoran Rajendra, Managing Director, AI Transformation Department at SMBC
