As AI becomes increasingly central to mission-critical operations, sovereignty is no longer simply a procurement consideration. It is a strategic and architectural imperative. TacticaAI, a sovereign AI company spun out of the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research arm of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), and Armada collaborated to deploy a modular AI-enabled data center in the field in just six days. While the location remains undisclosed, the lessons learned are highly relevant to organizations seeking to operationalize AI in contested, disconnected, or infrastructure-constrained environments.

In this session, Dr. Chaouki Kasmi, Co-Founder of TacticaAI, and Dan Wright, Co-Founder and CEO of Armada, discuss the realities of deploying sovereign AI infrastructure where connectivity cannot be assumed, latency matters, and operational continuity is critical. Drawing from real-world experience, they will share practical insights on how organizations can rapidly move from AI ambition to operational capability.