UAE’s e& enterprise and DataRobot launch enterprise AI as a service

A part of e&, e& enterprise has entered into a strategic three-year partnership with US-based DataRobot, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform provider, to launch an Enterprise AI as a Service (AlaaS) offering to support government and private companies. DataRobot is one of the most widely deployed and proven AI platforms globally, delivering over a trillion predictions for leading companies around the world.

What the AIaaS offering entails

The end- to-end cloud offering is for building, training, deploying, and managing AI and machine learning solutions and scaling the AI life cycle at a fraction of the cost compared to in-house AI capabilities. AIaaS enables governments and private enterprises to implement use-case-driven AI solutions and create business value with minimal investments in AI expertise.

To further accelerate the successful adoption of AI, e& enterprise and Datarobot will also establish a first-of-its- kind AI Center of Excellence (AI CoE). The AI CoE, a centralised experts group, will ensure continuous capability building, deliver best AIaaS practices and guarantee value creation by overseeing the implementation of organisation-wide AI projects.

Through this collaboration, customers of e& enterprise will be able to adopt the AIaaS offering, powered by a locally deployed DataRobot platform, where fully scalable and use-case-driven enterprise AI applications can be implemented.

“We stand ever ready to seek new strategic partnerships that will add value to government and enterprises so that they can become more data-driven and technology-enabled, efficient and cost-effective in the digital space. The ‘AI as a Service’ delivery model enables these companies to implement and run advanced AI solutions at a fraction of the cost of building and maintaining their own system. Our strategic partnership with DataRobot will influence and accelerate regional markets for AI adoption; our managed services will unlock tremendous value for all industry sectors,” said Salvador Anglada, CEO, e& enterprise.

“We are excited to partner with e& enterprise to bring the transformative power of AI to even more organisations around the world,” said Dan Wright, CEO of DataRobot. “Our common goal with the Enterprise AI as a Service and AI Center of Excellence is simple – to democratise and accelerate the use of AI, and give companies in these key regional markets the tools they need to unlock the full potential of their data to drive unprecedented business value.”

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