Why sovereign AI is so urgent in the agentic era
From The Deep View: Conversations by The Deep View
July 12, 2026 · 41 min
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Priya Srinivasan discusses the urgency of digital sovereignty in AI and how IBM's Sovereign Core enables secure and compliant AI deployment for enterprises.
Is it possible for enterprises to build AI agents they can actually trust? In this episode of The Deep View Conversations, Senior Reporter Sabrina Ortiz sat down with Priya Srinivasan of IBM to discuss Sovereign Core, IBM’s software designed to enable enterprises to deploy AI in a secure, compliant, and sovereign way. As AI moves from chatbots to agents that can take real action inside organizations, companies need more than speed. They need to know where their data lives, where their models run, who has access, and whether their AI systems comply with internal policies and external regulations. Srinivasan explains why digital sovereignty is becoming more urgent in the AI era, especially for governments, regulated industries, and enterprises trying to move AI projects from proof of concept to production. She also breaks down how Sovereign Core is designed to bring the control plane, security, access, compliance evidence, and deployment flexibility inside an organization’s own boundaries. Topics covered include: What digital sovereignty means in the age of AI Why AI agents raise new questions around governance and trust How IBM Sovereign Core helps enterprises deploy AI workloads…
People in this episode
Host: Sabrina Ortiz
Guest: Priya Srinivasan
Topics covered
- digital sovereignty
- AI governance
- enterprise AI
- compliance
- AI agents
- Sovereign Core
Keywords
- sovereign AI
- AI agents
- data governance
- compliance evidence
- regulated industries
- AI projects
- Sovereign Core
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Organizations: IBM
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