# 268 Thordur Arnason on Why Capgemini Is Building an AI Speech Translator

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Thordur Arnason on Capgemini’s development of AI speech translator BabelSpeak, agentic systems, regulatory frameworks in Europe, and the economics of large-scale AI infrastructure.

Capgemini: https://www.capgemini.com/
BabelSpeak: https://www.babelspeak.ai/

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:46 Professional Background and Journey with Capgemini
3:37 Capgemini Overview
4:25 Launching BabelSpeak
6:24 Long-Term Vision
7:09 Reasoning For Particular Use Case
9:14 Pilot Projects
12:37 Partnership with Nvidia and Telenor
14:58 Consulting Insights on Rapid Prototyping and AI Development
16:24 The Moat for B2B/B2C Translation Products
17:34 Sovereign Computing Initiatives
19:04 AI Infrastructure in Norway
20:22 Understanding Agentic AI
24:22 Development of No-Code Agentic Tools
25:48 Regulatory Considerations
28:07 Market Dynamics and Predictions
31:33 Roadmap

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