Arcas partners with Seekr to deliver sovereign AI for EU enterprises. News | April 3, 2026 By Asma Adhimi London-based AI firm Arcas has partnered with US AI company Seekr to deliver explainable AI systems tailored for European enterprises operating under increasingly strict regulatory oversight. The partnership focuses on helping organizations deploy sovereign AI systems that can justify automated decisions and meet upcoming regulatory requirements. The collaboration arrives as the EU AI Act begins phased enforcement in August 2026, pushing companies to adopt AI systems that provide transparency, traceability, and governance. For engineers and technology leaders reading eeNews Europe, the move highlights a growing shift toward explainable and auditable AI infrastructure - particularly in sectors handling sensitive data or critical infrastructure. Sovereign AI for regulated industries. The partnership will combine Arcas' expertise in building governed AI solutions for mid-sized European companies with Seekr's explainable AI platform, SeekrFlow(TM), which functions as an AI operating system designed for regulated environments. Unlike many general-purpose AI tools hosted by global cloud providers, SeekrFlow allows organizations to deploy and fine-tune models directly within their own infrastructure, including private datacenters or EU-based clouds. This setup enables companies to maintain full control over their data while ensuring AI systems remain compliant with regulatory frameworks such as the EU AI Act. Seekr's platform includes attribution tools that trace AI-generated outputs back to specific training data and documentation. The technology also features built-in evaluators that automatically select the most appropriate foundation model for a given task, while verification tools continuously test and validate model accuracy. "Simply put: there is no governance or ability to audit AI systems without true explainability and transparency. Seekr's platform was built for environments where every decision demands an explanation; European firms facing the EU AI Act need those same capabilities, deployed within the security and confidentiality of their own sovereign AI datacenters. We are excited to partner with Arcas to bring explainable AI to their customers, allowing them to move faster with AI while providing all the guardrails they need," said Rob Clark, President of Seekr. Early deployments show productivity gains. Early deployments of SeekrFlow within Arcas' customer base have already produced measurable results. A legal publisher in Luxembourg reduced manual review time by 78% using automated summaries of content databases, while a regulatory advisory firm supporting European fund managers cut compliance research time by 65%. In both cases, the systems provide direct links to the underlying source documentation used to generate responses - making it easier for professionals to verify AI outputs and defend decisions if regulators require justification. For companies operating in heavily regulated sectors such as finance, publishing, or legal services, the ability to audit AI decisions could soon become a critical capability. "In Europe, the regulatory bar for AI is here. Firms have a relentless demand for AI, but scaling it effectively means being able to defend every output to regulators. Seekr's technology has made that possible. We are proud to partner with Seekr to deliver explainable AI solutions to our customers and move at the pace they demand," said Chiara Buck, Co-Founder of Arcas Agentic. As the EU moves closer to enforcing the AI Act, partnerships like this signal how vendors are adapting AI platforms to meet Europe's stricter regulatory environment - while still enabling enterprises to adopt AI at scale. Linked Articles

Arcas selects Seekr as explainable AI partner to deliver sovereign AI as EU AI regulations tighten. March 31, 2026 London-Based Arcas agentic partners with Seekr to bring trusted AI to European mid-market ahead of EU AI Act enforcement. Today Seekr Technologies, Inc. announced a strategic partnership with Arcas, a London-based AI solutions firm specializing in secure, governed, and explainable AI for mid-sized European organizations, to deliver explainable AI applications to enterprise customers in the EU operating in sovereign EU critical infrastructure environments. The partnership positions Seekr to capture growing European demand for AI systems that can explain their decisions, are auditable, and support AI governance under incoming regulatory requirements. The announcement comes as the EU AI Act begins phased enforcement in August 2026, requiring AI systems deployed in a professional capacity to provide explanations for automated decisions. Seekr's dual-use technology serves highly regulated commercial and government environments, enabling organizations to trace AI outputs back to specific training data and run models entirely on European infrastructure using their own data. Arcas customers are seeing immediate, measurable impact using SeekrFlow(TM), Seekr's AI Operating System, deployed directly in their sovereign environments. A legal publisher in Luxembourg achieved a 78% reduction in manual review time using Seekr's automated content database summaries. A regulatory advisory firm serving European fund managers cut compliance research time by 65%, with every response linked to source documentation for instant verification, all running within their own infrastructure. Simply put: there is no governance or ability to audit AI systems without true explainability and transparency. Seekr's platform was built for environments where every decision demands an explanation; European firms facing the EU AI Act need those same capabilities, deployed within the security and confidentiality of their own sovereign AI datacenters. Seekr Technologies, Inc. is excited to partner with Arcas to bring explainable AI to their customers, allowing them to move faster with AI while providing all the guardrails they need. Rob clark, president of Seekr. In europe, the regulatory bar for AI is here. Firms have a relentless demand for AI, but scaling it effectively means being able to defend every output to regulators. Seekr's technology has made that possible. Seekr Technologies, Inc. is proud to partner with Seekr to deliver explainable AI solutions to its customers and move at the pace they demand. Chiara buck, co-founder of Arcas agentic. Unlike general-purpose AI models from US cloud providers, SeekrFlow enables European firms to run fine-tuned AI models on their own infrastructure, including private or public EU clouds, while maintaining full visibility into decision-making. Built-in evaluators automatically select the right foundation model for each use case from the start, while verification tools continuously test and validate model accuracy, without the need to hire a dedicated team to do it manually. Seekr's attribution framework, including data attribution and context attribution, ensures every AI-generated output can point to the specific training documents that influenced it, meeting EU AI Act transparency requirements for high-risk applications. About Arcas. Arcas is an AI solutions partner that builds and deploys secure, governed, and explainable AI for mid-sized EU organisations. Arcas focuses on end-to-end implementation - from use case definition through to production deployment - with a specialisation in regulated industries and complex document environments. Arcas operates on European infrastructure and is committed to AI that is both powerful and trustworthy. Learn More. About Seekr. Seekr is a leader in explainable, defensible AI built for critical decisions in environments that demand accuracy and accountability. Seekr's technology and products help enterprises and government agencies deploy domain-specific large language models (LLMs), vision language models (VLMs) that understand the physical world, and AI agents trained on their own data - across any infrastructure, including sovereign deployments. Backed by robust verification and validation tools that surface the provenance and intent behind every model decision, Seekr delivers AI that organizations can audit and defend across all modalities. Media contact: