MERaLiON / A*STAR IAIC
MERaLiON is a Singapore model research programme developed by A*STAR's Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing, or IAIC. It began at the Institute for Infocomm Research, known as I2R. The team develops models for regional speech and language tasks. MERaLiON is an institutional project, not a separately identified startup.
Sources
- MERaLiON: developer and programme history
- A*STAR announcement: I2R and IHPC integration into IAIC
- NSCC biography: Dr Su Yi
- Ministry address identifying A*STAR CEO, 29 October 2026
- Prime Minister's Office: A*STAR institutional history
- A*STAR Research: I2R origins and joint laboratories
- MERaLiON programme news
- MERaLiON consortium membership roles
- MERaLiON official model catalog
- MERaLiON developer API console
- MERaLiON API terms of use
- MERaLiON 3 Public Licence, 2026
- MERaLiON AudioLLM Whisper SEA-LION official model card