Liquid partners Google and Anthropic to bring AI a...

Liquid partners Google and Anthropic to bring AI advancement to Africa

Audrey Galawu

Liquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, today announced collaborations with global technology leader Google Cloud and artificial intelligence company Anthropic to deliver advanced cloud, cyber security solutions, and generative AI capabilities to African businesses across the continent.

Customers of Liquid C2 can expect heightened security measures, access to advanced cloud technologies, and a commitment to securing their digital assets.

Liquid C2 is set to be one of Google Cloud’s largest Managed Security Service Providers in Africa, combining Google Cloud's leading security solutions with Liquid C2's expertise and vision in offering comprehensive security consulting. In addition, the collaboration enables Liquid C2 to bring the capabilities of both Google Cloud and Anthropic's AI models to its customers via Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform, helping businesses develop and deploy solutions quickly within their cloud environments.

As a strategic partner of Google Cloud's innovative solutions in Africa, Liquid C2 will also deliver Google Workspace to customers across the continent. Designed to facilitate team connections in a cloud-native environment, Google Workspace also features embedded generative AI tools to help employees create content and achieve greater productivity and collaboration in the workplace.

By fortifying cyber security measures and infusing gen AI capabilities, Liquid C2 envisions a future where security, collaboration, and innovation go hand-in-hand, creating a safer, more productive digital experience for all. As Africa continues to emerge as a hub for technological advancements, collaboration between leading companies like Liquid C2, Google Cloud, and Anthropic play a crucial role in driving progress, fostering innovation, and attracting global investment.

In a separate but related development, Liquid C2 is also working directly with Anthropic, one of the largest and fastest-growing AI companies globally, to develop AI solutions for large enterprises that want to use it to improve productivity and revenue growth. Anthropic has a strategic partnership with Google Cloud, and Claude – Anthropic's family of foundational AI models that excel at thoughtful dialogue, content creation, complex reasoning, creativity, and coding – is available in Google Cloud's Vertex AI.

Liquid C2's partnership with Anthropic signifies a shared commitment to empowering businesses in Africa with state-of-the-art AI solutions. By integrating AI models and services across various industries, Liquid C2 and Anthropic aim to accelerate growth for clients, further positioning Africa as a global player in the digital landscape. The collaboration presents opportunities to apply gen AI to African businesses irrespective of the industry or organisation size.

Currently, more than 80% of the largest businesses and organisations operating in more than 31 African countries use a broad spectrum of advanced digital technologies from Liquid supplied by global vendors. Many are keenly interested in moving AI readiness. Liquid C2 will remain a multi-vendor provider, offering its customers best-in-class solutions.

“Liquid C2 is a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a pan-African technology group, offering managed cloud and security services, product solutions, and related professional and advisory services in 22 African countries. We help organisations move to the cloud with technologies that integrate diverse teams and enhance customer interactions, business innovation, agility and go-to-market capabilities.

“Anthropic is an AI safety and research company based in San Francisco with deep experience across machine learning, physics, policy, and product. Together, we create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Anthropic’s flagship product is Claude, an AI assistant that is designed to be helpful, harmless, and honest.”

Google Cloud provided AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools and offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organisations transform. It services partners in 200 countries and territories.