The Real Industrial Luxury? Choosing Our Own Standards
Following our op-ed in Les Échos (co-authored with Aldrick Zappellini, Groupe Crédit Agricole): “La souveraineté numérique doit être rationnelle, planifiée et industrielle.”
“Digital sovereignty” is cited so often it risks meaning nothing. Yet the stakes are immediate—and industrial:
- AI runs on non-European clouds.
- Critical software depends on extra-continental models.
- Talent leaves Europe for lack of paths to industrialization.
This isn’t a research problem. It’s a deployment problem.
From Slogans to Systems
Sovereignty isn’t a posture. It’s industrial, economic, and territorial policy—expressed through what we build, where we run it, and how we scale it. At Prisme.ai, we design AI that is open, interoperable, and robust. But technology becomes truly sovereign only when it is used in production—in large enterprises, hospitals, regions, and industries.
Not a “European Google.” A European Ecosystem.
- Not a monolith. But a network.
- Not closed. But interoperable.
- Not PoCs. But production.
Partnerships with anchors like Groupe Crédit Agricole change the scale—from intent to impact.
What Leaders Can Do Now
- Make portability non-negotiable. Demand reversible, containerized deployments with documented exit paths.
- Go interoperability-first. Favor open APIs, standard schemas, and clean integration, observability, and governance.
- Align procurement with policy. Include data residency, openness, auditability, and multi-cloud (incl. EU clouds) in RFPs.
- Measure deployment, not demos. Track time-to-production, integration cost, and reversibility tests.
- Create industrial careers. Reward teams who ship safely at scale.
The decisive gesture: trust our own technologies—and back that trust with standards that scale.
Industrial luxury isn’t the fanciest stack. It’s the freedom to choose our own standards—and the power to deploy them.
Don't miss out the article on Les Échos, here is the link : La souveraineté numérique doit être rationnelle, planifiée et industrielle
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