Totalenergies and French company Mistral AI are unveiling a collaboration to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) innovations that support the company's multi-energy strategy, particularly in low carbon energy.
Under the terms of the partnership, the Joint Innovation Institute will be established and teams from both companies will be deployed. Mistral AI contributes to AI technology, and Totalenergies contributes to our expertise in the production of energy, particularly renewable, low carbon energy, to test and design advanced digital solutions.
“We are pleased to work with Mistral AI, the leading French player in artificial intelligence,” said Patrick Pouyanné, chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies. “This transaction reflects its intention to contribute to the emergence of European technological ecosystems, allowing us to explore new opportunities to further incorporate AI into our activities. AI has great potential to transform our energy systems, and this partnership was motivated by our pioneering spirit and the ongoing quest for innovation.”
The first use case aims to help the company achieve:
- Design assistants for 1,000 researchers to support them with their mission to develop new energy and reduce the company's environmental footprint
- Develop decision support solutions to enhance the performance of industrial assets and reduce CO2 Emission
- Implement support solutions aimed at improving customer experiences and helping save energy
The lab also tests other use cases, particularly digital solutions for renewable energy production.
Given the issue of digital sovereignty in Europe, partners will jointly consider the overall overall opportunity to adopt AI infrastructure.
“This partnership shows the positive impact that AI has on a sector that is as strategic as its overall callability,” said Arthur Mensch, CEO of Mistral AI. “By dedicating our AI solutions and experts to our R&D efforts, our operations team and ultimately our customers, we are contributing to the improvements in operations and digital transition of this global energy giant.”
In the past, Totalenergies have primarily used artificial intelligence in geoscience, improving prediction maintenance and detecting machinery issues at facilities. AI is currently playing a key role for the company, helping to develop new opportunities, particularly in renewable energy production and CO reduction.2 Development of emissions and innovative services that allow customers to control and optimize their energy use.
TotalENergies' digital factory, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, has 300 developers, data scientists and other digital experts already developing over 100 solutions, 60 of which are harness technologies ranging from machine learning to generative AI.
