Overview
- A partnership announced Thursday between Stellantis and Microsoft launches a five-year push to co-develop AI, cybersecurity and engineering capabilities.
- Joint teams will pursue more than 100 AI projects across product development, validation, predictive maintenance, testing, and faster delivery of digital features.
- Stellantis will move more IT to Microsoft Azure with a goal to cut its data center footprint by 60% by 2029, and it is rolling out Copilot Chat plus 20,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses to staff.
- An AI-driven cyber defense center will protect IT systems, connected vehicles, factory networks, mobile apps and in-car services across the group.
- The companies did not disclose financial terms, and the pact extends earlier joint work on connected-vehicle platforms and in-car services.