Stiftelsen Asta, a leading actor in the archive sector, and TellusR, a leading Norwegian provider of AI search and language technology, enter a partnership. Asta – the software is used by over 150 Norwegian archive institutions.
Asta’s main goal is to promote good archive management and make archive material accessible. The partnership with TellusR will dramatically improve access to archive material for Asta’s customers using safe AI. This will also significantly increase the value of the content in the archives.
The partnership shows that Norwegian-developed AI contributes to redefining the use and application of archives and the valuable content they hold.
Asta is an important actor in ensuring that Norwegian cultural heritage and societal documentation is preserved in an appropriate and accessible way. The major digitalisation trend in the public sector has shown us that document-level search hits are not enough. With TellusR, Asta splits large documents into fragments and makes interaction with the archives more precise, accessible and valuable.
For TellusR, this is an important partnership. Asta’s customers are highly advanced search users with strict requirements that will clearly help TellusR further develop our products and services. At the same time, it is exciting to help increase access to all the interesting content stored in these archives.
Opportunities for the archive sector
The partnership also represents a significant milestone for both companies. Asta brings AI to the archive sector, and TellusR becomes easily accessible to Asta’s customers and partners.
By leveraging their combined expertise and shared vision for AI, Asta and TellusR are well positioned to become the leading providers of AI-driven solutions in the archive sector.
Commitment to responsible and ethical AI
As part of their commitment to responsible and ethical AI, Asta and TellusR will prioritise data protection, security and transparency in all aspects of their partnership and platform development.
