Liquid C2, a division of Cassava Applied sciences, a pan-African know-how group, has introduced strategic collaborations with Google Cloud and synthetic intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic.
These partnerships purpose to ship cutting-edge cloud and cybersecurity options, together with superior generative AI (gen AI) capabilities, to companies throughout Africa.
Constructing upon the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with Google Cloud in November 2023, Liquid C2 is poised to boost cybersecurity and cloud choices all through the continent. This collaboration will introduce African companies to Google Cloud’s newest AI, information, collaboration, and safety options, making certain heightened safety measures and entry to superior cloud applied sciences for Liquid C2 clients.
Moreover, this collaboration allows Liquid C2 to leverage Google Cloud and Anthropic’s AI fashions by way of Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, facilitating speedy improvement and deployment of options inside cloud environments.
As a strategic associate of Google Cloud, Liquid C2 can even ship Google Workspace to clients throughout the continent. Google Workspace, designed to boost crew connections in a cloud-native atmosphere, options embedded generative AI instruments to spice up productiveness and collaboration within the office.
By strengthening cybersecurity measures and integrating gen AI capabilities, Liquid C2 envisions a future the place safety, collaboration, and innovation synergize to create a safer, extra productive digital expertise.
In a associated improvement, Liquid C2 is collaborating instantly with Anthropic to develop AI options for big enterprises searching for to boost productiveness and income development. Anthropic’s AI fashions, out there in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, supply superior capabilities throughout numerous industries, additional accelerating development and positioning Africa as a worldwide participant within the digital panorama.
Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud mentioned, “Companies are more and more turning to generative AI to drive operational efficiencies, enhance the client expertise, and empower their staff like by no means earlier than. Constructing on Google’s dedication to investing $1 billion to spice up Africa’s digital transformation, our collaborations with market leaders like Liquid C2 and Anthropic will assist carry gen AI, safety, and different cloud applied sciences to companies throughout the continent. This partnership has the chance to rework how African companies serve and interact their clients as we offer them a basis for innovation.”
Try Masiyiwa, Co-Founder and Government Chairman of Cassava Applied sciences, highlighted the importance of accountable AI in fostering financial alternatives and empowering people and companies throughout Africa. He expressed confidence within the collaborations with Google Cloud and Anthropic, emphasizing their function in delivering AI-powered options tailor-made to Africa’s distinctive challenges and alternatives.
Daniela Amodei, President of Anthropic, concluded, “We’re excited to associate with Liquid C2 and Google Cloud, bringing frontier AI to companies throughout Africa. Combining Anthropic’s protected, steerable AI with Google Cloud’s safe, scalable infrastructure means this partnership has enormous potential to allow African firms to develop.”
