Deloitte Middle East partners with CalypsoAI to bring the power of its enterprise-grade AI security and enablement platform, Moderator, to regional organizations looking to tap into generative AI.
According to MIT Sloan Management Review’s The State of Generative AI in the Middle East report, 72% of executives from companies in the region say they use generative AI tools within their organization, with an additional 21% seriously considering adopting the technology. Yet, despite this enthusiasm, 64.7% of respondents shared that lack of governance is a major hurdle to adopting generative AI.
This partnership aims to address this hurdle by providing enterprises located in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, and other countries with access to CalypsoAI’s platform and Deloitte’s consulting services to offer customized AI security solutions tailored to their business needs and long-term goals.
CalypsoAI claims that its Moderator solution addresses security and governance concerns by giving enterprises visibility into how models are being used within the organization and the ability to set specific controls and parameters to mitigate risk. The model-agnostic platform blocks prompt-driven techniques like role-playing and reverse psychology that would otherwise breach boundaries, keeping sensitive data secure within an organization. With Moderator, threat actors attempting to exploit LLM responses are effectively barred from infiltrating a company’s digital ecosystem.
Within this new partnership, Deloitte Middle East will offer access to Moderator so enterprises can overcome common regional security and governance hurdles. Joint customers will also have access to Deloitte’s critical knowledge and expertise around successfully deploying the Moderator solution in business contexts.
According to Deloitte ME Partner and Cyber Emerging Tech Leader Tamer Charife, clients will receive a customized deployment methodology that seamlessly creates the foundation needed to successfully deploy generative AI.
“We know every one of our customers wants to use generative AI differently, which is why our approach is centered on custom-made policies and tailored use cases, forming a variety of solutions that marry innovation with security. CalypsoAI’s Moderator platform gives our clients a vehicle to take advantage of the power of AI while ensuring every use case is secure,” says Charife.
CalypsoAI Founder Neil Serebryany agrees and says trust is central to product uptake.
“We haven’t even begun to tap the immense number of use cases that generative AI and LLMs will afford companies, but we do know that no matter the situation, organizations and their employees will only use AI tools if they trust them. By combining our industry-leading technology with the years of experience Deloitte Middle East has in allowing organizations to get the most out of new innovations, organizations in the region can begin to adopt, use, and trust AI at a much faster pace,” says Serebryany.
Notes from the Editor: CalypsoAI was founded in Silicon Valley in 2018 and has secured backing from investors including Paladin Capital Group, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, 8VC, Hakluyt Capital, and Empros Capital. Incidentally its CEO and Founder, Neil Serebryany, was named on Forbes 30 Under 30 2024 List for Enterprise Technology.
About Deloitte – well, everyone knows Deloitte. However, Deloitte says it has had a foothold in the Middle East since 1926 with 26 offices in 15 countries and around 5,900 partners, directors and staff.
