Computas: Generative AI is transforming the way we solve problems and create value for businesses

*Dharshini Tharmarajan (left) and Ida Ryland, CTO for Computas Trondheim. PHOTO: Computas*

Computas, a Nordic IT and AI solutions provider, pioneered applied artificial intelligence in Norway. Today the employees have developed a strong expertise not only on AI, but also cloud technology, big data and application development. The company delivers value-adding solutions benefiting the public for both the public and private sector, and their expertise lies especially in public administration, health, energy and logistics.

Our interdisciplinary teams offer the expertise required throughout the digitization process. We work closely with our customers to develop tailor-made solutions with high usability.
Ida Ryland, CTO Computas Trondheim

Computas was established in Norway in 1985, initially as a subsidiary of Det Norske Veritas (now DNV GL) working with AI. Today the company is 100% owned by its 350 employees, and has offices in Oslo, Trondheim, Malmø, Copenhagen and Bucharest.

Watch the video about the story of Computas – which also gives an overview of AI’s history

How do you use AI in the company?

AI has been part of our DNA since we were founded in 1985. We were actually the first company in Norway to deliver systems based on applied artificial intelligence! This has been a sustainable foundation for the development and growth of the company, along with the focus on big data and cloud-based solutions.

We are very excited to see how AI has gained renewed relevance through today’s focus on generative AI and are already helping lots of companies with different use cases. We are partners with both Google and Microsoft, and have a strong in-house expert environment on AI. However, we are also very focused on the foundation you need to succeed with AI – for example a cloud strategy and control of your data.

We are working on several interesting AI-projects for our customers, many of them using generative AI. For example, Computas recently helped a company streamline sales orders that come in by email. This customer received many orders on a daily basis that employees had to manually enter into their system. With the help of generative AI, we could take unstructured data from these emails (for example name of customer, ordered products, number of items, delivery information etc.), structure it using a LLM, and automatically enter the structured data into their order system. This now saves the customer hours of manual labour.

Another interesting case we are currently working on is helping a customer responsible for maintenance of critical infrastructure. They want to use generative AI to recognize patterns and abnormalities from video content, which could give them automatic notifications on equipment malfunction or maintenance needs.

*Computas has a strong expert environment on AI. PHOTO: Alf Simensen / NTB Kommunikasjon*

What goals does the company have for the future?

We want people to experience Computas as a company that takes part in creating meaningful solutions for people, for society and for customers – in a way that creates excitement! Digitalization and AI is an important part of the solution, and we want to help our customers succeed with innovative, efficient and ethical use of AI.

We are coming to AI+ as a platinum sponsor for the second year in the row and are very excited! Last year’s conference was great, and we have big expectations for this year as well. We do this because AI is more relevant than ever. Not only do we want to share our expertise and experience, we are also eager to learn from others that we’ll meet at AI+!

Facts about the company:

Name of business: Computas AS
Number of employees: 350
Location: Oslo, Trondheim, Malmö, Copenhagen and Bucharest
Industry: IT consultancy
Briefly about the product/service:
- Computas is a Nordic provider of digital solutions and consulting services within IT, cloud, big data and AI. We were established in 1985 and were the first company in Norway to deliver applications based on applied AI.
- We deliver value-adding solutions benefiting the public for both the public and private sector, and our expertise lies especially in public administration, health, energy and logistics. Our interdisciplinary teams offer the expertise required throughout the digitization process. We work closely with our customers to develop tailor-made solutions with high usability.

Computas is a platinum sponsor at AI+ 2024.

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