Chemicals and Materials Group Syensqo announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a partnership with Microsoft on AI innovation.
The agreement includes cooperation and knowledge sharing aimed at “exploring joint development projects and establishing a roadmap for future strategic engagement.”
Syensqo uses Microsoft Discovery, a new AI application platform specifically aimed at scientists and engineers for research and development that can integrate with their own systems and data.
Spinned from chemical giant Solvay at the end of 2023, the company will use its platform to accelerate innovation in bio-based polymers, circular composites and clean energy materials.
“We're not only accelerating innovation, we're redefineing what's possible in the specialized materials industry.”
Additionally, the two companies explore how Microsoft can use Syensqo's materials in the cloud and AI infrastructure to achieve sustainability goals.
“Syensqo's advanced materials actually enable AI technology,” the company said. “From powerful semiconductor components to energy systems, Syensqo will remain at the forefront of innovation while providing the building blocks of tomorrow's digital infrastructure.”
Headquartered in Brussels, Syensqo already uses several AI applications. For example, research and development activities use AI to design completely new polymers. Generating and analyzing millions of virtual molecules reduces discovery time.
“We will not only accelerate innovation by integrating AI into everything from product discovery to factory floor efficiency, we will redefine what is possible in the specialized materials industry,” CEO Ilham Kadri said in a press release.
Public Sector AI
Meanwhile, a study commissioned by Google, a provider of AI services, Belgium can save 4 billion euros per year by using AI in the public sector.
The report says 71% of functions within the administration, which account for around 320,000 jobs, could be improved by AI. This includes officials who do less repetitive tasks and do more meaningful work.
Research shows that in about 55,000 jobs, more than half of the task could be automated, for example, by chatbots that support citizens with common questions.
Generated AI also says it could help coordinate public transport and garbage collection, draft regulations and budget planning.
Earlier in the year, Flanders signed Europe's largest government contract with Microsoft co-pilot at the World Economic Forum in Davos. It was expected that up to 10,000 employees from the Flanders and local administration would have access to AI assistants.
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Syensqo CEO Ilham Kadri will be holding a Clean Industrial Deal event at Antwerp in February 2025 at Belga Photo Eric Lalmand.
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