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Is VEON (VEON) Quietly Turning Local AI Sovereignty Into a New Competitive Edge?
In late 2025, VEON subsidiary Kyivstar and Ukraine’s WINWIN AI Center selected Google’s Gemma model on Vertex AI to build a national Ukrainian large language model that keeps sensitive data processed within Ukraine for sectors such as government, healthcare, and financial services.
This move, alongside Kyivstar’s Nasdaq listing and VEON’s broader AI alliances, underscores how the group is tying local language AI development to digital transformation and data sovereignty across its core...