Policy / Project Profile
Budget 2025 — AI-related Measures
Lawrence Wong's first budget as Prime Minister, signalling large-scale AI investment.
Why it matters
Lawrence Wong's first budget marked the first time AI was listed as a fiscal priority, signalling Singapore's AI strategy transitioning from planning on paper to actual budget allocation.
- Category
- Budget & Funding
- Published / Updated
- 2025-02
- Issuing body
- Ministry of Finance (MOF)
- Parliament links
- 9 records
Strategic Context
9 parliamentary records linked.
Detailed Notes
Budget 2025 is Lawrence Wong's first budget as Prime Minister and the first to designate AI as a fiscal priority. Key measures include: increased grants to accelerate enterprise digital transformation, expanded coverage of AI skills training programmes, and additional AI R&D funding. The budget provides the fiscal foundation for executing NAIS 2.0 and marks the formal transition of AI from strategic planning into the appropriations phase.