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Oracle enables inferencing from Zoom AI Companion in Oracle Cloud Riyadh , Jeddah regions
Z oom Communications , an AIfirst work platform for human connection , is using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure , OCI to support its next-generation AI assistant , Zoom AI Companion , in Saudi Arabia . OCI is helping Zoom keep customer data in-region and deliver AI-first solutions .
This provides users with AI personal assistants that help prioritise their work and deliver context-driven responses to help prepare for , execute , and follow up after meetings .
Zoom AI Companion helps users streamline their workdays by helping with a range of different tasks , including summarising meetings , chat threads , and phone conversations , drafting chat messages , creating searchable smart recordings , answering meeting questions , and more , within the Zoom Workplace application .
To support compliance with Saudi Arabian regulations while maintaining top-tier performance , Zoom optimised its AI models to run on efficient OCI GPU shapes . The launch of AI Companion in Saudi Arabia builds on the successful market entry of Zoom in Saudi Arabia .
The successful introduction of AI Companion in Saudi Arabia demonstrates how OCI ’ s powerful sovereignty capabilities and AI infrastructure are helping the world ’ s most innovative organisations deploy enhanced AI solutions while meeting regulatory and compliance standards around the globe .
Zoom selected OCI for its advantages in performance , scalability , reliability , and superior cloud security , which helped Zoom increase its service capacity for concurrent users . Now , OCI is enabling inferencing of Zoom AI Companion in the Oracle Cloud Riyadh Region and the Oracle Cloud Jeddah Region to serve Zoom ’ s customers in Saudi Arabia .
AI innovators like Zoom are leveraging OCI ’ s purpose-built AI capabilities to run the most demanding AI workloads faster and more reliably . OCI bare metal GPU instances can power applications that include natural language processing , computer vision , and recommendation systems .
Oracle ’ s dedicated engineering support team works with customers from planning to launch to help ensure success . Compared to other hyperscalers , OCI offers superior technical and economical flexibility including lower pricing , flexible deployments with compute and bare metal , and easier migration of on-premises applications .
“ Saudi Arabia is a key market for Zoom , and we continue to invest in Zoom Workplace and AI Companion to provide solutions that meet the unique needs of businesses here ,” said Velchamy Sankarlingam , President of Product and Engineering , Zoom .
“ By optimising AI Companion to operate efficiently with GPU shapes in a local OCI region , we ’ re enabling Saudi companies to take full advantage of AI without facing constraints .”
“ Oracle and Zoom have a longstanding partnership , and we are pleased to be able to help local businesses in Saudi Arabia leverage AI-first solutions like Zoom AI Companion in their daily operations ,” said Karan Batta , Senior Vice President , Oracle Cloud Infrastructure .
Oracle ’ s distributed cloud delivers the benefits of cloud with greater control and flexibility . Oracle ’ s distributed cloud lineup includes :
• Public cloud : Hyperscale public cloud regions serve any size of organisation , including those requiring strict EU sovereignty controls .
• Dedicated cloud : Customers can run all OCI cloud services in their own data centres with OCI Dedicated Region , while partners can resell OCI cloud services and customise the experience using Oracle Alloy . •
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