Following last year’s partnership with subsidiary Epinova, consultancy NOVA Consulting Group is expanding its partnership with Norwegian TellusR. Together they combine strategic advisory with cutting-edge technology to deliver AI architecture that ensures businesses independence and full control over their own data.
In the AI race, more and more leaders fear being locked to the platforms of global technology giants. As a technology provider, Norwegian TellusR solves this with its AI Communications Hub, which lets businesses switch seamlessly between different AI models – safely behind their own firewall.
The technology is now being rolled out in a broader strategic collaboration with the consultancy environment at NOVA.
The companies in NOVA already deliver award-winning AI projects, but we see that our customers demand and care about strategic flexibility and digital sovereignty. By building our deliveries on TellusR’s technology, we can offer an AI architecture that gives the freedom to choose models and operating platforms while retaining ownership of the data.
That we are a Scandinavian consultancy choosing a Norwegian technology partner, built on Nordic values of openness, trust and privacy, makes this a perfect match for our customers.
Building on the Epinova collaboration
The collaboration is a natural extension of Epinova, one of the companies in NOVA, being first to include TellusR’s software in its service offering last year.
Epinova already has several exciting projects underway where the goal is to give customers safe AI assistants and improved internal search, based on TellusR’s AI Communications Hub. Now this commitment and technology will be scaled across the entire NOVA Consulting Group.
Digital sovereignty in practice
The debate about digital sovereignty has really picked up speed. As AI researcher Inga Strümke recently said in Aftenposten: optimising by becoming dependent on technology we in Europe do not develop ourselves is like peeing in your pants to stay warm. We at TellusR share that concern fully.
If geopolitical changes lead the US to tighten access to its IT platforms, it could go very dark for many Norwegian businesses. We need our own strong technology companies here at home to close the gap. By getting such a recognised consultancy environment as NOVA to build on our technology, together we can help far more Norwegian businesses take back control of their own data landscape, optimised for the Norwegian language.
Morten Krogh-Moe believes the market for Nordic-developed AI infrastructure will grow strongly in the years ahead.
About NOVA Consulting Group
NOVA Consulting Group is a Scandinavian consultancy group consisting of a range of specialised companies in strategy, design, technology and digital marketing. With over 600 experts across offices in Norway and Sweden, they help both private and public organisations build tailored, scalable and safe digital solutions.
About TellusR
TellusR is a Norwegian technology company developing the central AI architecture for the public and private sectors. The company has been developing the technology behind today’s language models since the days of machine learning back in 2012. With the core product AI Communications Hub, organisations get an independent platform for adopting artificial intelligence safely and flexibly – with guaranteed data sovereignty, full control over their own data, and without being locked to global technology giants.
