Asta's main goal is to promote good archival management and accessibility of archive material. The partnership with TellusR will dramatically improve the accessibility of archival material for Asta's customers through secure AI. Consequently, the value of the content within the archives will significantly increase. The partnership demonstrates that Norwegian-developed AI contributes to redefining the use and application of archives and their valuable content.

"Asta is a key player in ensuring that Norwegian cultural heritage and societal documentation are preserved in an appropriate and accessible manner. The major digitization trend in the public sector has shown us that it is not sufficient to obtain search results at the document level. With TellusR, Asta divides large documents into fragments, making the interaction with the archives more precise, accessible, and valuable," says Morten Evensen, CEO of the Asta Foundation.

"For TellusR, this is an important partnership. Asta's customers are very advanced search users with strict requirements, which will clearly help TellusR to further develop our products and services. At the same time, it's exciting to be involved in increasing the availability of all the interesting content that is stored in all these archives," says Morten Krogh-Moe, CEO of TellusR.

The Asta-TellusR collaboration opens many opportunities for the archival sector:

• Dramatically improved information retrieval: Utilization of AI to retrieve relevant paragraphs in documents, regardless of spelling errors or imprecise terminology in the search term.

• Efficiency in handling public inquiries: AI search and generative AI to streamline responses to access requests and other public inquiries.

• Advanced support functions for archival research: Advanced features for archival researchers that retrieve, summarize, and compile information in a traceable manner. The technology helps to find new insights in information that was previously deeply buried in PDF documents and tables.

• Streamlining internal work processes: The utilization of AI and the functionality now offered through the partnership between Asta and TellusR opens many opportunities for streamlining internal work processes.

The partnership also represents a significant milestone for both companies. Asta is bringing AI to the archival sector, and TellusR becomes readily 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 archival sector.

As part of their commitment to responsible and ethical AI, Asta and TellusR will prioritize data privacy, security, and transparency in all aspects of their partnership and platform development.