en.Wedoany.com Reported - MeetKai Brasil has won the sovereign AI tender from SERPRO, the Brazilian federal public technology company, to develop secure and locally governed artificial intelligence infrastructure for the country.
SERPRO announced the results of the "IA Soberana" (Sovereign AI) tender on June 26. The process involved months of public selection to choose a private sector partner to build and deliver Brazil's sovereign AI solution, covering technical evaluations, qualification requirements, due diligence, clarifications, and formal appeals. MeetKai Brasil achieved the highest final composite score among all participants in terms of capability and technical functionality, reflecting the strength of its technical proposal and readiness to support national-level AI deployment.
SERPRO's sovereign AI initiative aims to build a national AI platform supported by a large language model trained in Portuguese and running on Brazilian infrastructure. The platform is expected to support public sector modernization, automate administrative processes, improve decision-making, and reduce reliance on external technologies.
James Kaplan, co-founder and CEO of MeetKai, stated that AI delivers the greatest value when it is secure, multilingual, locally governed, and built specifically to address public challenges at scale. This milestone reflects the team's dedication and the growing demand for trustworthy AI platforms that combine advanced technical capabilities with localization, flexibility, and public-grade performance.
The Brazilian federal government has prioritized AI as a national agenda, with its "IA para o Bem de Todos" (Brazilian AI Plan 2024-2028) outlining planned AI investments of approximately 23 billion Brazilian reais by 2028. The plan emphasizes the strategic role AI is expected to play in public services, innovation, infrastructure, and technological sovereignty.
Peter John Alexander, President and Chief Commercial Officer of MeetKai, stated that SERPRO's rigorous and transparent selection process sets a high standard for public sector AI, and MeetKai and MeetKai Brasil are pleased to collaborate with more companies in Brazil and expand their engagement across the region.
Founded in Los Angeles in 2018, MeetKai is a sovereign AI company focused on post-training optimization, local language inference models, and national AI platforms. Its flagship MK-A1 platform enables governments, enterprises, and institutions to build and operate fully sovereign artificial intelligence ecosystems.
