This alliance aims to enhance the scope and scale of the Generative AI Innovation Center (GenAIIC), a program designed to help customers efficiently create and deploy GenAI solutions.
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Initially launching in June 2023, GenAIIC connects customers with AWS AI/ML scientists and strategy experts, helping them imagine, identify and develop tailored GenAI solutions. Since its launch, GenAIIC has helped thousands of customers, including leading companies like DoorDash, Nasdaq and PGA TOUR, succeed with GenAI. Notably, more than 50% of proof-of-concept solutions created through GenAIIC are now in production for these customers.
Through the Generative AI Partner Innovation Alliance, AWS customers will have access to a network of systems integrators and consulting firms with proven expertise in GenAI and familiarity with the GenAIIC methodology. The alliance will initially launch with nine partners, including Booz Allen Hamilton, Crayon, Escala24x7, Megazone Cloud, NCS Group, Quantiphi and Rackspace, each bringing industry and region-specific expertise.
“At GenAIIC, we strive to enable customers to identify and refine AI use cases that deliver tangible business value. We develop end-to-end solutions and customize core models to meet unique needs, always prioritizing security and scalability,” said Sri Elaprolu, Global Head of the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center. “Through our growing network of partners, we can help more customers leverage GenAI to drive innovation, increase productivity and improve their competitive advantage.” »
Julia Chen, Vice President of Partner Core at AWS, highlighted the transformative potential of GenAI for businesses, saying: “GenAI is revolutionizing the way businesses operate and generate value. By combining our partners’ deep industry and services expertise with AWS’s GenAI tools and proven methodology, we can help accelerate the transformative power of this technology for customers around the world.
The alliance enables companies across industries to use GenAI to improve service delivery and achieve their mission goals. Alison Smith, Director of Generative AI at Booz Allen Hamilton, said: “By merging Booz Allen’s public sector expertise with AWS’s GenAI resources, we can generate impactful, secure, ethical and compliant GenAI solutions. .
Similarly, Florian Rosenberg, Chief Technology Officer at Crayon, highlighted the importance of trust and compliance, especially in regulated industries. “With the Partner Innovation Alliance, we will work closely with AWS to implement rigorous security, risk management and governance frameworks that enable our European customers to confidently leverage generative AI. »
Elbano Milbelli P., Principal Cloud Specialist at Escala 24×7, shared the company’s excitement about joining the alliance, saying: “Escala 24×7 is excited to introduce GenAI to Latin America and the Caribbean , helping organizations leverage AWS services and GenAIIC’s approach to building language models. adapted to regional cultures and business needs.
Sam Liew, managing director of the Government Strategic Business Group at NCS Group, highlighted the alliance’s potential in the Asia-Pacific region. “Through our NCS GenAI CoE for Public Good, we will work with AWS to support public sector organizations on their GenAI journey, developing solutions tailored to local languages, cultures and business environments. »
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