Qantai Joins Positive AI to Build Trusted Infrastructure for Sovereign AI.

As Europe seeks to strengthen its technological autonomy, the conversation around artificial intelligence is expanding beyond models and algorithms to include infrastructure, data governance, and digital sovereignty.

Qantai is developing a new generation of AI solutions designed to run directly within organizations, combining performance, security, and energy efficiency.

 

Interview with Shanti Ramsamy, Co-Founder and CEO of Qantai

 

 

Qantai develops sovereign AI solutions designed to run locally within organizations. Could you tell us more about your mission?

Shanti Ramsamy: At Qantai, our mission is to make AI more secure, sovereign and accessible by bringing it directly to where data is created and used. We develop energy-efficient hardware that enables organizations to run AI models and business assistants locally, without relying on external cloud infrastructures.

By combining Edge AI, data sovereignty and Responsible AI principles, we help companies deploy trusted AI solutions while maintaining full control over their data, reducing operational costs and meeting the highest requirements for privacy, security and compliance.

“Our mission is to make AI more secure, sovereign and accessible by bringing it directly to where data is created and used.”

As a new member of Positive AI, why is Responsible AI important to Qantai?

Shanti Ramsamy:  At Qantai, we build on-device AI solutions where trust, data sovereignty, and confidentiality are critical. Embedding Responsible AI principles—privacy by design, transparency, and secure architectures—allows our clients to adopt AI with confidence.

Being part of Positive AI reflects our commitment to building high-performance AI that aligns with strong ethical and societal standards.

“AI sovereignty is also about where data is processed, who controls the infrastructure, and how organizations maintain trust and autonomy.”

What are the key milestones ahead for Qantai, and what can we expect from your international expansion in the coming months?

Shanti Ramsamy:  First, we are consolidating our core product: a secure, on-device AI assistant dedicated to business executives and SMEs, with pilots already underway in France and La Réunion and a first wave of paying customers targeted by 2026. This phase is focused on hardening our hardware–software stack, formalizing our Responsible AI framework, and securing strategic reference clients.

Second, thanks to Orange’s Season 8 program in partnership with HEC Paris and the Ignite program on the France–India corridor, we are accelerating our international footprint between Europe and India. These programs give us privileged access to large corporate ecosystems, co-innovation opportunities and a structured entry into the Indian market, where on-device AI and data sovereignty are becoming critical topics.

Finally, VivaTech 2026 will be a key visibility and partnering milestone for Qantai. We plan to use this stage to showcase our first production-ready solutions, announce strategic partnerships, and open our seed/bridge round to support our international expansion.

Advancing Responsible and Sovereign AI

Qantai’s vision highlights a growing reality: building trustworthy AI requires more than powerful models. It also depends on secure infrastructures, data sovereignty, energy efficiency, and responsible deployment practices.

By joining Positive AI, Qantai contributes to a shared ambition: fostering an AI ecosystem that combines innovation, performance, trust, and responsibility while strengthening Europe’s technological resilience and autonomy.

We are delighted to welcome Qantai to the Positive AI community.