Singapore's OneByZero lands $20M Series A to deploy enterprise AI
What's the deal? OneByZeroDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Singapore-based company that deploys and manages AI systems inside large enterprises, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Jungle VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. It is the company's first outside funding.
What's the endgame? Founded in 2023, OneByZero places its own engineers inside client companies to build AI into their systems and keep improving it after launch — a "forward-deployed" model. Its NEO platform runs and governs AI "agents," automated tools with defined roles and controls, alongside human staff.
Where does it work? Built on Amazon Web ServicesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, OneByZero serves mainly banks, telecom operators, and retailers across nine markets: Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the US, and Vietnam.
What's the money for? The company will grow its engineering teams across those markets and open a team in Japan. It also plans to move into healthcare and the public sector, and develop NEO further.
The numbers: OneByZero said it more than doubled revenue each year over three years. Its deployments automated more than 90% of some customer-facing interactions and sped up data-modernisation projects by 50%, the firm said.
What they're saying: Chief executive officer and co-founder Niket Vaidya said AI can create value and keep improving when it runs inside the systems that operate a business. Jungle Ventures managing partner Yash Sankrityayan said OneByZero stood out for spending three years deploying AI in large, complex organisations "with measurable results."
The signal: As more Asian enterprises move AI from experimentation into core operations, the forward-deployed model — embedding engineers rather than selling software alone — is emerging as a bet on execution over product.
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