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Sopra Steria and Sopra Steria Subsequent reveal the “Open Innovation Report 2025”, a European-wide examine devoted to collaboration between corporates and startups.
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It highlights the rising development of enterprises and public organisations more and more collaborating with start-ups, significantly to speed up the deployment of AI.
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Sopra Steria Subsequent shares key insights about profitable open innovation collaborations.
Sopra Steria, a significant participant within the European tech sector, in the present day unveils its Open Innovation Report 2025 written in collaboration with Sopra Steria Subsequent, and with lecturers from INSEAD. It highlights the vital position startups play in constructing the Synthetic Intelligence technique of Europe’s company giants.
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A glimpse on the key findings of Sopra Steria’s Open Innovation Report 2025:
- 72% of the surveyed giant organisations have collaborated with startups
- 57% have now run AI-focused Open Innovation initiatives, of which 6/10 are inside generative AI
- 7 in 10 corporates view startups as “very important” to their AI methods
- As soon as a strategic benefit, partnerships between giant corporations and startups at the moment are important for sustaining a aggressive edge
The yr 2024 marks a turning level within the digital revolution, pushed by the fast rise of AI, notably formed by two main dynamics. First, a stark distinction between company enthusiasm and the fact of large-scale adoption, since solely 22% of huge corporations have managed to deploy generative AI at scale1. Then, a rising variety of AI start-ups getting into the scene, with over 200 unicorns now recognized2. These two dynamics mixed elevate a vital query: how can giant enterprises and AI startups collaborate extra successfully to speed up innovation create enterprise worth?
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Fabrice Asvazadourian, CEO of Sopra Steria Subsequent, defined: “2025 marks a pivotal second for AI-driven transformation. Whereas technological innovation is accelerating, many organisations are nonetheless struggling to operationalise it at scale. Open Innovation is not a tactical choice — it’s a strategic crucial. By embracing exterior collaboration, particularly with startups, corporations can transfer past experimentation to unlock actual impression. Those that embed Open Innovation into the material of their technique might be greatest positioned to steer the subsequent wave of reinvention.”
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