Atos launches open innovation accelerator program for startups and SMEs with strong industry focus

Paris – July seven, 2020

Atos, a international leader in digital transformation, today launches “Scaler, the Atos Accelerator”, its new startup and SME application with a exceptional aim on industries, safety and decarbonization. It brings collectively Atos’ know-how teams with picked startups to co-make revolutionary digital options for purchasers in unique industries – answering tested business enterprise use situations and benefiting from a joint and accelerated go-to-market place. Atos Scaler also supports Atos’ safety and decarbonization strategies, building them key focuses in its method.

Each and every calendar year, about fifteen startups or SMEs will be picked to produce their projects in accordance to unique purchaser interests. These projects will lead to enriching Atos’ current offerings. Each and every startup or SME arrives with a specific use-scenario, unique sector-aim and techniques, in line with Atos’ newest strategic plan (“SPRING”) with an sector-led consumer aim.

This application is a more phase in Atos’ fruitful collaboration with startups and SMEs, which has previously resulted in quite a few successful projects.

“Atos Scaler is fully commited to unleash the value of collaboration, by facilitating open innovation and offering birth to really concrete industrial apps, with accelerated time-to-market place.” suggests Elie Girard, Atos CEO. “Our new accelerator will be a key asset for Atos, enriching our portfolio to superior help our purchaser innovation journey, and supporting Atos’ technique although supporting the customers of Atos Scaler. Market aim, Protection and Decarbonization have been key elements in the collection of successful startups and will turn into even far more critical requirements for our forthcoming concentrate on partners.”

The 14 startups mentioned under and thorough in this article are the very pleased winners picked for the launch of Atos Scaler:

* Startups with which Atos is operating on decarbonization projects

Market-by-layout

 The companies picked by Atos have previously verified a to start with need from the market place. Most of them have previously worked with Atos the moment and Atos Scaler will permit them to profit from Atos international footprint. They are bringing to Atos sector abilities and business enterprise use situations, including rapid value to Atos’ purchaser journey with a “ready to sell” method.

Expanding the startup business enterprise

Atos is fully commited to offering startups obtain to its shoppers and to assist them signal new business enterprise, translating open innovation into concrete business enterprise realization. All picked startups will be integrated in international Atos’ pursuits globally. This consists of the creation of demos which will be available in Atos’ business enterprise know-how centers (BTICs) and, for purchaser innovation, joint innovation workshops or strategic hackathons.

Scaler will allow startups to speed up their enhancement inside eighteen months, by accessing Atos’ purchasers and partners and benefitting from Atos’ international brand and visibility.

As portion of the application, the picked startups will get obtain to key Atos’ assets this sort of as worldwide business enterprise enhancement gurus that will assist them expand further than their current market place coaching suggestions in purchaser innovation info hosting options ideation & DevSecOps system (Atos Studio) Google Cloud system and HPC-as-a-Company. They will profit from privileged help all through their Scaler journey.

Enhancing Electronic Protection

Atos has created a exceptional innovation track history in purchase to secure close-customers, IoT and info, to detect and react to threats. Atos serves the linked earth (clever cities, OT in transport and Market four.), develops Mission Significant Techniques and addresses financial safety with options this sort of as sovereign cloud, info portability and blockchain traceability.

The Team is #three in cybersecurity solutions around the world and complements its systems by partnering with international leaders, as nicely as selecting to do the job with startups with strong sector use situations this sort of as United Biometrics (solid biometric authentication) and Claroty (IT/OT safety).

In direction of decarbonization

Atos’ ambition toward decarbonization was yet again highlighted by its modern motivation to internet-zero carbon emissions by 2035, location the greatest decarbonization specifications for its sector. Developing on this really solid situation and skillset, Atos has released Decarbonization as a Company: Decarbonization for its shoppers. Scaler supports Atos’ motivation to management in decarbonized digital transformation. One particular of the collection requirements for the candidates was how they help Atos’ shoppers in their journey toward a decarbonized digital earth. Collectively with Scaler startups, Atos develops new options that make decarbonization a competitive gain.

***

About Atos

Atos is a international leader in digital transformation with above 110,000 staff members in 73 nations and once-a-year earnings of above € eleven billion. European selection a single in Cloud, Cybersecurity and Large-Functionality Computing, the Team delivers close-to-close Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Huge Data, Organization Programs and Electronic Workplace options. The team is the Worldwide Data Know-how Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Game titles and operates less than the brand names Atos, Atos Syntel, and Unify. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), shown on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

The function of Atos is to assist layout the upcoming of the info know-how area. Its abilities and solutions help the enhancement of expertise, schooling as nicely as multicultural and pluralistic strategies to investigation that lead to scientific and technological excellence. Throughout the earth, the team permits its shoppers, staff members and collaborators, and customers of societies at big to are living, do the job and produce sustainably and confidently in the info know-how area.

Press call

Lucie Duchateau | [email protected] | +33 seven 62 eighty five 35 ten