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Investing.com -- Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:AMZN), and Bouygues (EPA:BOUY), a diversified services group, have announced a strategic partnership on February 4, 2025. The partnership aims to speed up digital transformation across Bouygues’ operations in construction, energies and services, media and telecoms.
The two companies plan to expand their existing collaboration to encourage cloud adoption across the Equans energies and services network, Bouygues Telecom (BCBA:TECO2m) (BOUY), and media company TF1. They will utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance operations, enable faster growth, and launch innovative services such as accelerated digital production and improved streaming TV experiences.
In addition, Bouygues will collaborate with AWS to create innovative, cloud-based solutions for its construction operations. They intend to use AI to manage risk, increase agility and efficiency, and boost competitiveness.
As part of the strategic partnership, AWS and Equans will introduce LegalAize, an AI application that uses Anthropic’s Claude on Amazon Bedrock. LegalAize will aid in scaling contract legal analysis and risk identification for Equans’ project management teams.
Bouygues’ media subsidiary, TF1, is also partnering with AWS to develop cloud and AI solutions to optimize digital production workflows and enhance the viewer experience on the TF1+ streaming platform. TF1 also plans to speed up the migration of its video distribution workloads to AWS.
The digital transformation of the construction industry will be a key focus of the partnership. AWS and Bouygues aim to identify areas in the construction lifecycle where digital transformation through the cloud can deliver the most value.
Marie-Luce Godinot, Senior Vice-President, Innovation, Sustainable Development and Information Systems at Bouygues, emphasized the importance of digital innovation for Bouygues to maintain its leadership and meet the evolving needs of their customers. She expressed confidence that the partnership with AWS would enhance competitiveness and enable the development of innovative solutions.
Julien Groues, VP, AWS France & Southern Europe, thanked Bouygues for the partnership and acknowledged the significant milestone in their relationship. He expressed his excitement over the alignment of their complementary strengths, supporting sustainable growth and meaningful innovation across Bouygues’ businesses.
The strategic partnership between Bouygues group and AWS builds on the growing collaboration with Amazon over the last few years. Bouygues group plans to continue exploring wider opportunities with Amazon.
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