Sopra Steria and Curiosity are partnering up to build an AI that reasons over industrial data on site.
Sopra Steria and Curiosity are partnering up to build an AI that reasons over industrial data on site, without it ever leaving the company's environment. First deployments in aerospace, transport and energy, across France and Germany.
Paris, June 25, 2026 – Sopra Steria and Curiosity are announcing a key partnership to deploy artificial intelligence as close as possible to industrial data, in sectors where keeping control of that data is critical.
The partnership is built on close proximity and tight collaboration between the two companies, allowing them to deliver value to clients quickly on complex technological challenges. It aims to bring to the European market an AI able to reason over companies’ real-world data – structured and unstructured, text, images and technical files – while running entirely on the client’s own infrastructure, with no reliance on an external cloud and no data ever leaving the organisation’s control. Organisations keep full control over their most sensitive data and retain the freedom to change their AI models and providers over time. The first sectors targeted are aerospace, transport and energy, in France and Germany, ahead of a wider roll-out across the rest of Europe.
The collaboration brings together the technology and the sector expertise of both partners to offer a complete solution that shortens time to market and lets users draw value faster from all of their technical data through AI. It rests on the complementary strengths of the two companies: Curiosity provides the technology building block, while Sopra Steria brings deep sector expertise, a thorough command of clients’ business and processes, and the ability to transform organisations and deploy AI safely in complex, mission-critical environments – from initial design through to large-scale industrialisation.
A use case carried out with a European aerospace player has shown the potential of the approach developed by Sopra Steria and Curiosity. The work demonstrated concrete business value: faster access to the right technical knowledge, shorter analysis cycles, less complexity in handling scattered data sources, and measurable productivity gains for engineering teams.
Mohammed Sijelmassi, CTO of Sopra Steria, comments: ‘In Europe, the challenge is no longer to prove the potential of AI, but to deploy it in critical environments. That means combining technology with deep knowledge of the business, particularly in aerospace. This partnership with Curiosity is about making operational an AI that is rooted in industrial realities and respects the demands of sovereignty. It is also a concrete contribution to Europe’s technological autonomy in the sectors most critical to its security and competitiveness.’
Leon Zucchini, Founder and CEO at Curiosity, adds: ‘Sopra Steria combines deep industrial expertise with the discipline to deliver at scale. Building on our graph technology, they are bridging the gap between legacy systems and modern AI and turn it into solutions that run on the customer's own data. This is how the promise of AI reaches production in Europe's industrial sectors.’
Key takeaways
- Sopra Steria and Curiosity, a Munich-based AI start-up, have sealed a key partnership
- The aim: to model knowledge from structured and unstructured data drawn from an extended application ecosystem, so as to extract value for end users through AI
- The partnership will focus first on aerospace, transport and energy, in Germany and France, ahead of a wider European roll-out