Digital services company, TEKenable has announced a new AI research partnership with Trinity College Dublin to explore how AI can help businesses.

The team up has been supported by Enterprise Ireland which is working to advance responsible AI that benefits both people and business.

The AI research partnership will allow researchers and technologists from TEKenable and TCD to more closely collaborate on AI research projects in areas of shared interest across a range of disciplines.

The partnership will see TEKenable’s Jane Slevin, with a team of six researchers, explore how AI can be brought into and used by businesses utilising practical AI solutions.

These AI solutions will it is hoped significantly transform how businesses operate across their entire business including internal processes, financial management, customer interactions etc.

The team will work to provide valuable recommendations and information for AI and data to drive digital transformation services. 

TEKenable is a Microsoft Advanced Specialist and employs AI and data utilising cloud solutions to drive digital transformation to many sectors of the marketplace. 

“We are excited to enter this partnership with Trinity and tap into the University’s renowned academic expertise”, explains Nick Connors, Group CEO at TEKenable. 

“TEKenable’s extensive work in the AI space makes us a leading authority on the integration of AI with business processes to fast-track growth.  Partnering with TCD will allow us to further strengthen our knowledge and capabilities”.

“By partnering with TEKenable, we can apply academic insights to real-world challenges, creating a powerful synergy between theory and practice,” added Prof. Anthony Ventresque, Director of the Complex Software Lab in the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin. 

“We are thrilled to evaluate the measurable impacts of AI-driven tools within business.”

TEKenable was recently awarded by Microsoft ‘AI Partner of the Year’ and also was selected as one of four sustainability & digital transformation experts working in the Digital4Sustainability 2024-2026 consortium of EU organisations. 

Digital4Sustainability is an EU co-funded EUR 4 million industry-driven project to boost Europe’s skills for the green and digital transition. 

Photo at top: Pictured l-r:  Nick Connors, Group CEO, TEKenable Jane Slevin, AI Researcher, TEKenable Peter Rose, Group Technical Director, TEKenable, Prof. Anthony Ventresque, Director of the Computer Lab in the School of Computer Science, TCD