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Diving overview:
- Stellantis announced a new five-year strategic partnership with Microsoft as part of its efforts to accelerate the automaker’s digital transformation. Go to press release.
- The two companies will jointly develop an AI-powered ecosystem to strengthen Stellantis’ cybersecurity and engineering capabilities and help protect vehicles, customers and business operations around the world.
- “Through our collaboration with Microsoft, we are giving our teams the tools to accelerate AI momentum across the enterprise, innovate faster, and deliver the products, services, and experiences our customers expect from us,” Ned Kulick, chief engineering and technology officer at Stellantis, said in a statement.
Dive Insight:
Stellantis is collaborating with Microsoft to gather data and AI-powered insights from connected cars to deliver new experiences and services to customers. To protect customer data, Stellantis vehicles have added cybersecurity and all data transferred to mobile apps, in-vehicle services and the cloud is encrypted.
Examples of connected car data could include drivers receiving intelligent recommendations for more energy-efficient driving in urban environments, insights into vehicle health and over-the-air updates designed to improve vehicle usability, according to the release.
“As AI advances rapidly, we have been early adopters across our business, from engineering and manufacturing to design and customer care, embedding AI directly into our vehicles, from the new digital cabin to the core vehicle operating system,” Curic said.
Stellantis also deploys and operates an AI-powered global cybersecurity center for its IT systems, connected vehicles, manufacturing facilities and digital products to ensure connected services and customer data are protected from cyber threats. The introduction of AI will also strengthen Stellantis’ ability to respond to potential cyber-attacks targeting its global operations, which is a concern after hackers recently targeted Jaguar Land Rover.
Last summer, Jaguar Land Rover I was a victim of a cyber attack There was severe disruption to its retail and automobile manufacturing activities. A global car production shutdown lasted almost 40 days after hackers broke into computer systems. The company reported a 24% year-over-year decline in sales for the second quarter of 2025, and said the cyber attack was a contributing factor.
Stellantis announced that it will modernize its IT infrastructure using Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service. Cloud modernization will power Stellantis’ global manufacturing and logistics operations as the automaker aims to reduce its data center footprint by 60% by 2029, according to the release.
“Our work with Stellantis reflects our shared ambition to responsibly and safely drive AI transformation across the automotive value chain,” Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft’s commercial business, said in a statement.
Stellantis also provides Microsoft’s enterprise-grade AI tools to employees around the world. All employees will have access to the Copilot Chat AI-powered assistant, with an initial deployment of 20,000 licenses of Microsoft 365 Copilot to support specific roles within the company..
Stellantis and Microsoft may also work with Microsoft Certified Partners when more specialized expertise is required, according to the release.
