Razer to hire AI-savvy talent as it embraces the tech in core ops

It eyes 150 engineers, data scientists and game developers from Singapore, US and China

- Sarah Koh

Home-grown gaming firm Razer plans to hire 150 engineers, data scientists and game developers equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) know-how as it embraces the use of AI in its core operations.

The hiring, which the company plans to complete in the next one to two years, coincides with the opening of its AI Centre of Excellence at its South-east Asian headquarters in one-north on Aug 4.

The centre aims to create tools to engage gamers and help developers automate with AI - tasks that the 150 engineers, data scientists and game developers are expected to be familiar with.

Razer will be looking to hire locals as well as people from the US and China, where many of the top AI talent reside.

"We are working to see whether we can bring some of them here, because we need some of that to be able to build a local talent pool," said Mr Lee Li Meng, Razer's chief strategy officer.

One of the tools featured at its AI Centre of Excellence is the Razer QA Companion, which provides quality assurance testing and bug detection to help developers lower production costs and accelerate the commercialisation of games.

The tool is currently in beta testing with over 50 major game studios and independent studios, Razer said. It declined to name the studios for confidentiality reasons.