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Unicorn patent intelligence platform PatSnap harnesses GenAI and customer needs for growth

It has expanded across 50 countries and in key R&D centres such as Shanghai and London

Benjamin Cher
Published Mon, Jun 8, 2026 · 06:29 PM
    • Jeffrey Tiong, co-founder and CEO of Patsnap, says there was some anxiety over GenAI when it came out.
    • Jeffrey Tiong, co-founder and CEO of Patsnap, says there was some anxiety over GenAI when it came out. PHOTO: TAY CHU YI, BT

    [SINGAPORE] As reports circulated on how artificial intelligence could kill off white-collar jobs, PatSnap co-founder and CEO Jeffrey Tiong turned anxious.

    It was only after learning and understanding more about AI that Tiong’s anxieties about it potentially allowing someone else to create a competitor to Patsnap’s patent intelligence platform abated.

    PatSnap’s patent intelligence platform helps companies to avoid infringing existing patents with their new products while being able to see the direction in which competitors are developing their patents.