MILAN, April 16 (Reuters) – Stellantis and Microsoft said on Thursday they agreed to a five\u2011year strategic partnership to co-develop artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and engineering \u200ccapabilities, as the automaker races to keep pace with technology-focused rivals.<\/p>\n
Software and \u200cdata-driven services have become central in the automotive companies’ long-term strategies, especially as Chinese automakers accelerate their \u200bdevelopment of features to entice customers domestically and abroad.<\/p>\n
Legacy automakers, which have often struggled to master software and tech efforts on their own, are increasingly looking to partner with tech companies to leverage their expertise and speed.<\/p>\n
“Through our collaboration with Microsoft, we are accelerating our \u200cAI momentum across the enterprise,” \u2060Stellantis Chief Engineering and Technology Officer Ned Curic said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n
No financial details of the deal were provided.<\/p>\n
Stellantis has relied \u2060on tech partnerships to support its software ambitions and provide more personalized experiences for drivers, although it has ditched some of those efforts as it now focuses on improving its \u200bcore \u200bvehicle sales and quality.<\/p>\n
Reuters reported last year that \u200bStellantis’ in-car software deal with \u200cAmazon was winding down.<\/p>\n
The Stellantis-Microsoft tie-up builds on an existing relationship between the two groups, which have previously worked together on connected vehicle platforms and in-car digital services.<\/p>\n
Under the agreement, joint teams will co-develop more than 100 AI initiatives covering areas including product development and validation, predictive maintenance and testing, and the faster rollout of digital features \u200cand services, the two groups said.<\/p>\n
The partnership will \u200balso see the Jeep and Peugeot maker strengthen \u200bits global cyber defence centre using \u200bAI-driven analytics to help prevent cyber threats and protect vehicles, \u200ccustomer data and operations worldwide.<\/p>\n
The cyber defence \u200bcentre will span IT \u200bsystems, connected vehicles, manufacturing sites and digital products, embedding security functions across mobile apps and in-vehicle services.<\/p>\n
As part of the collaboration, Stellantis will accelerate the \u200bmodernisation of its IT infrastructure \u200con Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, targeting a 60% reduction in its data \u200bcentre footprint by 2029.<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Giulio Piovaccari in Milan; Additional reporting by \u200bNora Eckert in Detroit and Janane Venkatraman)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILAN, April 16 (Reuters) – Stellantis and Microsoft said on Thursday they agreed to a five\u2011year strategic partnership…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[753,2948,410,103,3457,3455],"class_list":{"0":"post-3759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stellantis","8":"tag-artificial-intelligence","9":"tag-microsoft","10":"tag-partnerships","11":"tag-stellantis","12":"tag-stellantis-chief-engineering-and-technology-officer","13":"tag-strategic-partnership"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}