Telenor AI Factory and Capgemini to bring sovereign AI closer to Norwegian businesses
Telenor AI Factory and Capgemini to bring sovereign AI closer to Norwegian businesses
Capgemini and Telenor AI Factory are expanding their collaboration through a new partnership agreement aimed at bringing sovereign AI closer to Norwegian businesses.
Telenor AI Factory is strengthening its collaboration with Capgemini through a new go-to-market partnership. The agreement combines Telenor AI Factory’s sovereign, secure and sustainable AI cloud services with Capgemini’s AI and industry expertise to support Norwegian and Nordic companies in implementing sovereign AI solutions.
The partnership builds on an established collaboration. Capgemini supported Telenor AI Factory from the initial business plan through launch within six months, followed by operations and preparations to scale. Capgemini is also a customer of Telenor AI Factory through its BabelSpeak service, delivering real-time, secure translation services in support of the Norwegian Red Cross. This agreement is a natural extension of the ambition to secure successful sovereign AI implementations for Norwegian companies.
– The AI Factory is a cornerstone of Telenor’s strategy to deliver safe and secure services, said Kaaren Hilsen, CEO of Telenor AI Factory. This partnership strengthens our collaboration, and Capgemini, as an AI-driven business and technology transformation partner working with clients across Europe, will play a key role in helping us deliver a truly sovereign value offering to our customers – from idea to implementation on a sovereign AI infrastructure.
– Capgemini sees great potential in this partnership, as it enables us to add a sovereign AI platform to our existing AI capabilities to fully support clients with sensitive and regulated data requirements on their AI journey, said Karl Thomas Reinertsen, Managing Director of Capgemini in Norway.
Together, Telenor AI Factory and Capgemini will support companies across public and private sectors to faster explore and operationalize sovereign AI, from early tests to full scale implementations. The Telenor AI Factory enables companies to securely adopt advanced artificial intelligence without their data leaving Norway.
In combination with Capgemini’s industry expertise and experience in sovereignty, technology and AI, the two companies bring trust and credibility.