Agnes AI
SEA-built AI workspace with its own 8B open-source SeaLLM model
Overview
Agnes AI is a Singapore-based AI platform combining chat, multi-agent workflows, and free text/image/video generation with Agnes-SeaLLM-8B, an open-source model tuned for Southeast Asian languages. It has passed 5 million registered users and is part of Singapore's National AI Impact Program.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 12 Jul 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
What you can produce with Agnes AI
- Free text, image, and video generation API
- Agnes-SeaLLM-8B open-source model on Hugging Face and GitHub
- Multi-agent workspace with shared memory
- OpenAI-compatible AI gateway
- Pavo Creative Studio for image/video generation
- Android mobile app
ASEAN Perspective
Agnes AI in Southeast Asia
ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).
Agnes AI is the most credible homegrown case for a Southeast Asian model company right now: instead of just reselling access to OpenAI or Anthropic, Sapiens AI shipped Agnes-SeaLLM-8B, an open-weights 8B model on Hugging Face and GitHub tuned for regional languages plus Chinese and English, backed by a free API that reportedly logged over 4 trillion calls by mid-2026. Backing from Singapore's National AI Impact Program and reported ARR nearing $20M add real weight behind the user-growth numbers.
Reviews are mixed once you get past the headline metrics — some users find the app cluttered, and there are scattered complaints about inconsistent image and video output plus billing for results that didn't work. The model's benchmark claims come from company materials, not a neutral leaderboard. Worth trying for the free tier and language coverage; don't expect the polish of the big consumer AI apps yet.
What people say
Agnes AI's numbers are hard to ignore: the company says it has topped 5 million registered users with roughly 200,000 daily actives, about half from Southeast Asia, and its free API — covering text, image, and video generation — reportedly logged more than 4 trillion calls by the time its Pavo Creative Studio launched in mid-2026. Sapiens AI, the company behind it, is reportedly closing in on $20M ARR and is said to be eyeing a Singapore Exchange listing by year end.
Independent coverage is thinner than the user numbers suggest. Reviews on tool-directory sites and app stores are mixed: some praise free access to multiple model families for specific use cases like academic help, while others describe the interface as cluttered enough that core functions are hard to find without hunting around. Complaints about generation quality recur — inconsistent image and video outputs, and at least one account of being charged twice for a code generation that never returned usable output, plus repeat charges for a photo edit that kept returning the same unedited image.
On the technical side, Agnes-SeaLLM-8B is positioned as competitive with larger models — Sapiens AI claims it beats several 20B-parameter models on regional-language benchmarks — but those comparisons come from company materials rather than a neutral leaderboard. The model, an accompanying gateway, and a skills toolkit are public on GitHub under AgnesAI-Labs, so the open-source claim checks out; what's unverified is how it stacks up outside vendor-run tests.
Google Cloud has published a customer case study covering Agnes AI's infrastructure use, which lends some third-party credibility beyond self-reported growth figures. The company's stated roadmap includes training a larger successor model in collaboration with NUS and NTU, which would be a meaningful step up from the current 8B release if it lands. For ASEAN users, the pitch is straightforward: free-forever access to a multi-model workspace with regional-language coverage most global apps treat as an afterthought — but the mixed reviews argue for testing before relying on it for anything important.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
About this listing
This entry was compiled from publicly available data including Agnes AI's official website, press releases, documentation, and reputable third-party publications. RECATOOLS is not affiliated with Agnes AI unless explicitly stated.
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