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Telco AI Fellowship
Streamline deployment of AI-powered AWS and NVIDIA-powered solutions to accelerate telecommunications industry transformation
About the Telco AI Fellowship
The Telco AI Fellowship is a strategic initiative launched by AWS and NVIDIA to accelerate AI adoption in the telecommunications sector. The program will select a cohort of participants each year, consisting of AWS Startups, ISVs and Inception startups, focusing on addressing critical AI implementation challenges for Communication Service Providers (CSPs).
Key Program Benefits:
- Technical validation and support through AWS Foundational Technical Review and “Telco Ready“ checklist
- Field enablement support from AWS and NVIDIA teams
- Direct engagement opportunities with telecom industry decision-makers
- Access to AWS and NVIDIA technical resources and credits
- Go-to-market support through both organizations
Our 2025 Fellows will focus on the following areas:
- Data integration and management
- Custom model training for telecom-specific use cases
- Security and compliance for AI implementationsSovereign AI solutions
- AI + RAN (Radio Access Network) technologies
Accepted Fellows will include the following attributes
- Clear solutions addressing AI adoption barriers in telecom
- Demonstrated market traction or potential
- Technical alignment with AWS and NVIDIA technologies
- Focus on priority use cases for the telecom industry
- Strong delivery capabilities and business foundation
Meet the Telco AI Fellowship’s Inaugural Cohort
Discover innovative startups building on AWS to support Telco customers’ cloud transformation journeys.
Arcee AI
Arcee AI makes it easy to build custom AI workflows. Automatically route tasks to specialized small language models and create AI agents for complex tasks. Learn more
Archetype AI
Archetype AI is a Physical AI company building Newton™, the first foundation model that perceives, understands, and reasons about the physical world in real time. Our massively multimodal platform requires zero to minimal fine-tuning while delivering superior performance compared to specialized models across multiple use cases. Newton integrates with a wide range of sensors beyond cameras—including industry-specific physical sensors—to reveal hidden patterns and behaviors that escape human perception. We provide a turn-key, all-in solution with infrastructure, services, and APIs for efficient deployment that scales quickly and powers fields like smart city management, supply chain industry, and transportation. Learn more
BRIA AI
Bria AI provides developers and technical teams at telecommunications companies with a visual generative AI platform built on 100% licensed data. Our enterprise-ready APIs, pipelines, and source-available models empower telco builders to rapidly create and scale visual AI workflows for applications ranging from network analytics visualization to customer-facing advertising, without the compliance risks or development overhead typically associated with AI implementation. Learn more
DataStax
DataStax powers real-time, scalable data infrastructure that helps telecommunications companies deliver always-on, low-latency digital experiences to their customers. By leveraging the high-performance capabilities of Astra DB, telcos can modernize legacy systems, ensure real-time availability of mission-critical data, and support demanding use cases like authentication, fraud prevention, IoT, and personalized services at scale. DataStax helps telcos unlock operational efficiency, reliability, and agility in an industry where seconds of downtime can translate to millions in lost revenue. Learn more
Personal AI
Personal AI delivers cutting-edge enterprise AI solutions, with their Personal AI Receptionist transforming business phone lines into intelligent virtual assistants that reflect each company's unique knowledge and voice. Through direct telecom network integration, they enable carriers to offer SMBs a powerful AI service that activates with a simple toggle. Learn more
Sand Technologies
AI Network Planner is a strategic planning and decision support tool for CTOs and network executives. It delivers a granular investment roadmap—home-by-home, street-by-street, and tower-by-tower—highlighting the optimal rollout strategy and projected ROI. Learn more
FAQs
Open allThe Telco AI Fellowship is a joint AWS-NVIDIA initiative designed to accelerate AI adoption in the telecommunications industry. Eligibility extends to both established ISVs and startups that are developing AI solutions for telecom challenges and are either already working with or planning to work with AWS and NVIDIA technologies.
Interested startups should contact their AWS or NVIDIA account teams to initiate the nomination process.
Your solution must address critical AI adoption barriers in telecom, with demonstrated early customer demand and alignment with priority AWS/NVIDIA telecom use cases. Additionally, your technology stack must be built on both AWS and NVIDIA services.
- Technical validation and optimization assistance
- Go-to-market support and campaign inclusion
- Access to telecom industry decision-makers
- Field enablement support
- Inclusion in key industry events
- Direct account team support for customer engagements
Fellows receive a comprehensive support package including:
No, the Telco AI Fellowship is a global program accepting qualified participants from all regions where AWS and NVIDIA operate. Companies must meet program criteria regardless of location.