Ecosystem as Infrastructure with Talal Al Kaissi

Ecosystems and deep partner integrations are central to securing AI sovereignty at scale, complementing the regulatory foundations Europe has already established. Talal draws on Core42's experience constructing one of the world's most deeply integrated AI ecosystems, spanning government, private sector and academia, to explore what it actually takes to embed sovereignty into the fabric of an AI-enabled economy. Joined Olivier Oullier, Professor at MBZUAI, co-founder Inclusive Brains & Chairman, Biotech Dental Group AI Institute, Philippe Limantour, CTO & CSO, Microsoft France; and Nathaniel Ives, Director, Enterprise, NVIDIA Benelux, France & Nordics, the conversation examines how tightly connected ecosystems create the kind of strategic independence that fragmented, dependency-heavy approaches cannot.