• fileAI, a 1982 Ventures portfolio company, disclosed a private investment from SMBC Asia Rising Fund, SMBC’s corporate venture fund.
• Singtel Innov8, Singtel Group’s venture arm, also invested in the round.
• fileAI develops enterprise intelligence software, including fileForge, focused on automating high-volume document and unstructured data workflows.
• Funding earmarked for expansion in Japan, local hiring, deeper financial services capabilities, scaled deployment of its AI-native platform.
• Announcement coincided with the launch of fileScout, a product aimed at reducing token costs in enterprise unstructured data mapping.

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