SINGAPORE, September 9, 2026 — Sapiens Technology, the Singapore-based company behind the Agnes AI ecosystem, has been named to the 2026 Forbes Asia 100 to Watch list in the Enterprise Technology category. It is one of just 15 Singapore companies honored this year. Concurrently, its full-modality models have entered independent evaluation on the Artificial Analysis leaderboards, with Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha debuting at #9 of 153 on the Intelligence Index.
These twin milestones underscore the company’s mission: making frontier-grade AI capabilities accessible to developers and teams without the usual cost barriers.
Forbes Asia 100 to Watch Recognition
The annual Forbes Asia list recognizes privately held companies and startups across Asia-Pacific, selected on criteria including innovation, market fit, business model, growth, and industry impact. This year’s edition spans 100 companies across 16 countries and territories, with Singapore the second most-represented market after India. Forbes highlighted Sapiens Technology’s ability to train its own foundation models in-house across text, image, and video, as well as its progress with products including Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha.
Independent Benchmarking Across Modalities
Agnes AI’s models have been independently evaluated on the Artificial Analysis leaderboards, providing developers with a third-party reference point per modality rather than relying on vendor claims. Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha achieved #9 of 153 on the Intelligence Index and scored 58.8 on the Coding Index. Agnes-Video-2.5 was evaluated on the Text-to-Video Leaderboard, at $0.30 per minute of generated video.
The pattern across modalities is consistent: independently measured capability priced for production, not just demos. Free API access lets developers test and integrate each model before they scale, and usage across the Agnes ecosystem now exceeds 8 trillion tokens per week.
“A rank only matters if builders can afford to use what it measures,” said Bruce Yang, Founder of Agnes AI. “We put our models across every modality in front of independent evaluation, and priced them so a developer can put capable text, coding, image, and video into production without cost deciding what they get to try. The Forbes recognition tells us the bet is landing; the benchmarks tell developers it’s real.”
About Agnes AI
Agnes AI, developed by Singapore-based Sapiens Technology, builds full-modality foundation models across text, image, and video. Its mission is AI parity: making frontier-grade AI capabilities accessible to developers, startups, and teams building real-world products.