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Founder & CEO, Invigilo AI · Singapore

Vishnu Saran

I build AI that keeps workers safe on oil rigs, construction sites and factory floors.

Founder and CEO of Invigilo AI. Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia. I have given 76 talks in 11 countries, from Fortune Brainstorm AI to the Misk Global Forum.

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Recognised by Forbes Asia30 UNDER 30 · 2023 Tatler AsiaGEN.T · 2023 FortuneBRAINSTORM AI · 2024 Misk Global ForumRIYADH · 2023 We Make FutureJURY AWARD · 2025
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02 / Hangar · What I'm made of
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01 · Curiosity

President of the school astronomy club. Still reads astrophysics and particle physics.

02 · Engineer

Materials Science and Engineering at NUS. UC Berkeley, with modules at Stanford.

03 · Speaker

76 talks in 11 countries, from Riyadh to San Francisco.

04 · Researcher

3D printed solar cells and four research papers.

05 · Founder

Invigilo AI since 2020. Close to 200 deployments on sites, rigs and vessels.

06 · Family

Grew up in a family where safety was a common language.

07 · Ambition

Aims high and makes his own luck.

03 / Flight log

Build things. Conduct experiments. Impact the world.

Written on my student portfolio at NUS in 2017. It still reads like the plan.

Act IBuild things
  1. 2010

    Astronomy Club president

    ACS(I). Where the love for the night sky started.

  2. 2017
    Prototype circuit for the driver fatigue camera
    The prototype

    Champion, Engineering4Good

    A camera that spots driver fatigue on worker transport. My first safety vision project.

Act IIConduct experiments
  1. 2017

    Four research papers

    3D printed solar cells from photosynthetic proteins. One in Advanced Functional Materials.

  2. 2018

    UC Berkeley

    With modules at Stanford.

  3. Before

    Nucleate

    Students teaching one another. It did not survive. I kept the lesson.

  4. 2019
    InCube champions with Omnisight, 2019
    URA Centre

    Five days in a glass cube

    Won InCube with Omnisight at the URA Centre.

Act IIIImpact the world
  1. 2020

    Founded Invigilo AI

    Left my job at the peak of COVID to build AI that keeps workers safe.

  2. 2022
    Vishnu Saran with President Halimah Yacob
    Singapore

    President Halimah Yacob

    Walking the President through the platform.

  3. 2023
    Vishnu Saran, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia portrait
    Forbes
    Forbes Under 30 Summit Asia, Singapore, December 2023

    Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia

    Industry, Manufacturing & Energy.

  4. 2023
    Panel at Misk Global Forum, Riyadh
    Riyadh

    Misk Global Forum

    On stage with Google in Riyadh.

  5. 2024
    Speaking at Fortune Brainstorm AI Singapore
    Singapore

    Fortune Brainstorm AI

    Saving Lives With AI.

  6. 2026
    Winning Energy Tech Challengers Asia in Kuala Lumpur
    Kuala Lumpur

    Winner, AI for Energy

    Energy Tech Challengers Asia.

  7. Today
    Vishnu Saran speaking at IMDA Digital Tech Sharing
    IMDA

    Close to 200 deployments

    From offshore vessels to MRT tunnels.

Next mission →
04 / Core

What I stand for

Most of this came from my parents.

01

Ambition

Pick a goal that feels slightly too big. The next step gets obvious.

02

Honesty

Say what is true, even when it costs the deal.

03

Sincerity

Every worker should get home after the shift. That is why Invigilo exists.

04

Communication

If a site supervisor cannot get it in one look, it is not finished.

05

Ground first

Go to the site before you build. We lived on rigs, sites and in deserts to learn the problem.

06

Make your own luck

Most of my breaks came from being in the room. Show up, ask, follow up.

05 / Mentors

People I learn from

After my parents, these three.

SJ
Steve Jobs
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
Stanford commencement, 2005
KB
Kobe Bryant
“Rest at the end, not in the middle.”
EM
Elon Musk
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
06 / Comms

76 talks in 11 countries

From the Misk Global Forum in Riyadh to Fortune Brainstorm AI in Singapore and the Startup World Cup in San Francisco.

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      Now playing · Fortune Brainstorm AI · Singapore 2024“AI could save $250 billion a year from workplace accidents.”Watch the full talk →

      AI could save $250 billion a year from workplace accidents

      Fortune Brainstorm AI · 2024

      AI Revolution: Mastermind or Taskmaster

      Misk Global Forum, Riyadh · 2023

      How NUS students built AI to protect workers worldwide

      The Collective Founders · 2026

      Founder burnout: growth without stress

      BLOCK71 with Prof Benjamin Tee · 2024

      From safety blind spots to AI-powered safety operations

      Invigilo · 2026

      ASPIRE with Prof Neo

      NUS ASPIRE · 2022
      07 / Briefing room

      Talks and workshops

      Keynotes, panels, workshops and mentoring. In person or online.

      Keynote

      A safety officer that never sleeps

      AI that leaves the laptop and goes to work on rigs, sites and factory floors. What worked and what did not.

      Recent stages
      Fortune Brainstorm AI · Singapore WSH Conference
      Keynote or fireside

      Selling AI to people who have done the job for 30 years

      How to get AI adopted by experts who have every reason to doubt it.

      Recent stages
      Misk Global Forum · Startup World Cup
      Workshop

      AI at work: a hands-on session for leaders

      Half or full day. Leaders leave having built something with the tools they already use.

      Recent stages
      NSCA AI masterclass, Nov 2026, sold out
      Mentorship

      Build things, conduct experiments

      Office hours, accelerators and student founder programmes.

      Recent stages
      NUS Enterprise · BLOCK71

      For a bio, photos or a talk outline, send a note.

      08 / Archive

      Featured in Forbes, Fortune and Tatler

      17 features across print, radio, podcasts and film since 2019.

      ForbesFortuneTatler AsiaThe Straits TimesCNA938MoneyFM 89.3Arab NewsIMDA
      Jul 2024Film
      Fortune

      AI could save $250 billion a year from workplace accidents

      Watch →
      2023Article
      Tatler Asia

      Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow

      Read →
      Aug 2026Film
      The Collective Founders

      How NUS students built AI to protect workers worldwide

      Watch →
      May 2023Article
      Forbes

      30 Under 30 Asia: Industry, Manufacturing & Energy

      Read →
      Jun 2022Article
      The Straits Times

      President Halimah Yacob visits Invigilo

      Read →
      Nov 2023Article
      Arab News

      AI Revolution panel at Misk Global Forum

      Read →
      Sep 2019Article
      NUS News

      A winning idea in four days

      Read →
      Jul 2026Article
      The Straits Times

      Invigilo among three start-ups awarded under a JTC programme

      Read →
      May 2026Film
      NUS CNM

      Saving Lives With AI: a student short film inside Invigilo

      Watch →
      Jun 2025Article
      DollarsAndSense

      Invigilo at SuperAI 2025

      Read →
      May 2025Radio & podcast
      NUS College of Design and Engineering

      Opening episode of the Intrigued to Innovate podcast

      Listen →
      May 2024Radio & podcast
      CNA938

      AI and workplace safety in Singapore

      Listen →
      Feb 2024Article
      IMDA

      Innovations in construction tech

      Read →
      Nov 2023Film
      Forbes BrandVoice

      Reimagining innovation: Vishnu Saran

      Watch →
      Jan 2023Article
      NUS Enterprise

      Safety doesn’t happen by accident

      Read →
      Jun 2022Radio & podcast
      MoneyFM 89.3

      Interview on AI for worksite safety

      Listen →
      Aug 2020Radio & podcast
      Singaporean Podcast

      #41 Self-discovery through entrepreneurship

      Listen →
      In his words
      “Safety has been a common language that we have spoken from day one.”
      Fortune Brainstorm AI, Singapore 2024
      “We went down to oil rigs. We stayed there. We stayed in construction sites. We stayed in deserts.”
      Fortune Brainstorm AI, Singapore 2024
      “Imagine one central brain of safety managers, with thousands of years of experience. A safety officer that never sleeps.”
      Fortune Brainstorm AI, Singapore 2024
      “Nobody was believing a 25, 26 year old trying to sell them enterprise technology.”
      The Collective Founders, 2026
      “Validation really comes from people putting money on the table.”
      The Collective Founders, 2026
      “Go on the ground, talk to people, build a product from the ground up by listening to customers.”
      Forbes BrandVoice with OPPO, 2023
      09 / Trophy room

      12 awards since 2017

      From a student design prize in 2017 to winning AI for Energy in Kuala Lumpur this year.

      0honours and awards
      0countries: Singapore, Italy, the US, Portugal, Malaysia
      0years from first prize to latest
      2026
      Energy Tech Challengers Asia, Kuala LumpurWinner, AI for Energy
      2026
      JTC innovation programmeAwarded
      2026
      Galp Next-Gen Integrated SafetyWinner
      2025
      Startup World Cup, San FranciscoGrand Finale
      2025
      We Make Future, BolognaJury Award
      2023
      Tatler Asia Gen.TLeader of Tomorrow
      2023
      Forbes 30 Under 30 AsiaIndustry, Manufacturing & Energy
      2021
      Philip Yeo InitiativeInnovation Fellow
      2019
      InCube, NUS x ETH ZurichWinner
      Five days in a glass cube
      2017
      Singapore Frontier Challenge2nd runner-up
      2017
      NUS Innovation & Research AwardMerit
      3D printed biohybrid solar cells
      2017
      Engineering4GoodChampion
      A camera that spots driver fatigue on worker transport
      10 / Simulator

      What would you do?

      Five real decisions from the early years.

      Founder instinct
      0/5
      Calls that match mine
      11 / Observatory

      Astronomy and physics

      I ran the astronomy club at school and won a few awards for it. I still read astrophysics, quantum mechanics and particle physics.

      Astronomy

      President of the ACS(I) Astronomy Club

      Nights at the telescope.

      Astrophysics

      How stars live and die

      Black holes and dark matter.

      Quantum mechanics

      Everything is a probability

      Superposition, uncertainty and the observer problem.

      Particle physics

      What the universe is made of

      Quarks, the Higgs and the machines built to find them.

      Click anywhere in the dark to smash two particles
      12 / Star map

      Leave a star.

      Every visitor adds one.

      13 / Launch bay

      Next mission.

      • 2020Start a company. Invigilo AI.Done
      • 2023Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia.Done
      • 2024Speak on the world's big stages.Done
      • NowAn AI safety colleague on every high-risk site on earth.In progress
      • SoonA Lamborghini in the garage. Spot reserved
      T-minus 10
      V.S.
      14 / Transmit

      Let's talk.

      Speaking, workshops, mentorship, or building something together.

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