Sferical AI

Name

Sferical AI

Legal name

Sferical AI AB

Website

https://sferical.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sovereign AI Compute Infrastructure

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Server Systems & HGX/Accelerator Platforms (HDAAAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

GPU-Accelerated & AI Training/Inference Servers (HDACABAG)

Keywords

• Sovereign AI compute
• AI supercomputer infrastructure
• NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD
• Enterprise AI training
• GPU compute capacity

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. AI Compute Capacity Access: Sferical AI provides partners with secure, dedicated capacity on Sweden's sovereign AI supercomputer. Partners gain access to world-class AI compute infrastructure in exchange for participation fees and capacity commitments. The consortium model allows companies to pool capital and expertise for shared AI infrastructure.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sferical AI operates a sovereign AI supercomputer in Sweden built on two NVIDIA DGX SuperPODs with 1,152 interconnected GB300 GPUs, providing partner companies with secure, dedicated compute capacity for large-scale training, advanced inference, and complex multi-model workloads. Partners gain access through strategic consortium and partnership agreements, complemented by an NVIDIA AI Technology Centre in Sweden that supports application development and skills enhancement.

Product overview

Sferical AI operates a unified sovereign AI compute platform providing partners with access to Sweden's most powerful AI supercomputer infrastructure. The core offering consists of two NVIDIA DGX SuperPODs featuring 1,152 GB300 GPUs located in Linköping. The platform is complemented by an NVIDIA AI Technology Centre that provides application development support and training services. Partners gain dedicated compute capacity to develop AI-driven capabilities including predictive maintenance, quality control, foundation model training, and engineering optimization while maintaining data sovereignty within the European industrial ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sovereign AI Supercomputer Sovereign AI compute platform located in Linköping, Sweden, providing secure, large-scale access to two NVIDIA DGX SuperPODs with 16-rack GB300 NVL72 systems totaling 1,152 tightly interconnected GPUs for large-scale AI training, advanced inference, and complex multi-model workloads; sold to large industrial, defense, healthcare, telecom, and financial partners through consortium partnership agreements.
• Partner Compute Access Secure, dedicated access for partners to sovereign AI compute capacity on Sweden's most advanced AI supercomputer, enabling them to develop and run high-performance AI workloads for predictive maintenance, quality control, tribology-informed machine learning, R&D, engineering optimization, foundation model training, and next-generation digital products while keeping data within the European industrial ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,152 tightly interconnected GPUs enabling fast training and deployment of large and complex AI models

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• SKFcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2026SKF, the world-leading bearing and rotating equipment manufacturer, joined Sferical AI as a strategic compute partner. Through this collaboration, SKF gains access to sovereign compute capacity on one of Sweden's most advanced AI supercomputers. SKF will develop and run high-performance AI workloads across predictive maintenance, quality control, R&D, and next-generation digital products. The partnership reinforces SKF's technology strategy and commitment to AI-driven industrial innovation within Sweden's ecosystem.
• AstraZenecaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 August 2025AstraZeneca is a co-founder of Sferical AI alongside Ericsson, Saab, SEB, and Wallenberg Investments. AstraZeneca uses the platform for next-generation AI-enabled drug discovery and development, including foundation model training, multi-model inference, and unique data processing capabilities. AstraZeneca has also established an AI factory in Linköping through the Sferical AI consortium with Nvidia.
• EricssonflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 August 2025Ericsson is a co-founder of Sferical AI alongside AstraZeneca, Saab, SEB, and Wallenberg Investments. Ericsson leverages its data science expertise to develop and deploy state-of-the-art AI models, improving performance, efficiency, and customer experience. The company applies AI for billions of end-users including AI-driven intent-based operations.
• SaabflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 August 2025Saab is a co-founder of Sferical AI alongside AstraZeneca, Ericsson, SEB, and Wallenberg Investments. Saab deploys AI methodology to significantly accelerate development of new state-of-the-art defense capabilities, combining advanced AI applications with Saab's world-leading products and platforms. Gripen E is built as a software-defined fighter allowing AI methods to accelerate capability development.
• SEBflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 August 2025SEB is a co-founder of Sferical AI alongside AstraZeneca, Ericsson, Saab, and Wallenberg Investments. SEB uses AI as a central part of its ambition to drive productivity enhancement, power new customer offerings, and future-proof the bank. Securing access to critical AI infrastructure is a strategically important part of this ambition.
• NVIDIAflagshipTechnology or Integration · 22 August 2025NVIDIA provides the core technology for Sferical AI's sovereign compute platform. The system is powered by NVIDIA's latest DGX SuperPOD technology featuring GB300 systems. NVIDIA has established an AI Technology Centre in Sweden to work with participating companies on tailoring AI systems and developing new applications, with industry solution architects supporting the consortium.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Northern Data Group: Northern Data operates large GPU clusters across Europe for AI and HPC workloads. It is one of the closest European peers to Sferical in combining NVIDIA-powered compute with a European location, although it serves a broader commercial customer base rather than a closed industrial consortium.
• Lambda Labs: Lambda is a GPU cloud and AI infrastructure company providing NVIDIA-powered compute clusters to enterprises and research labs. Comparable to Sferical in its focus on NVIDIA-centric AI compute for sophisticated workloads, though it serves a broader, less sovereign customer base.
• CoreWeave: CoreWeave is a specialized GPU cloud provider built primarily on NVIDIA hardware for large-scale AI training and inference. It is comparable to Sferical in offering dedicated NVIDIA-based AI compute to enterprise customers, though at hyperscale rather than sovereign scope.
• Crusoe Energy: Crusoe builds and operates large-scale GPU clusters for AI training and inference, positioning itself as an alternative to hyperscaler GPU clouds. Like Sferical, it provides dedicated NVIDIA capacity for enterprise AI workloads, but without a sovereign positioning.

Broad incumbents

• AWS European Sovereign Cloud: AWS is building a dedicated European sovereign cloud region to address data-residency and regulatory requirements. It competes with Sferical for sovereign European AI workloads but operates at hyperscale and as a general-purpose cloud, rather than a focused industrial AI consortium.
• NVIDIA DGX Cloud: DGX Cloud is NVIDIA's own managed AI supercomputing service, delivered in partnership with hyperscalers. It overlaps with Sferical's core offering (NVIDIA-powered AI training/inference capacity) but does not offer Sweden-based data sovereignty, making it adjacent rather than directly competing for sovereign European workloads.
• Microsoft Azure (Sovereign Cloud offerings): Microsoft Azure offers sovereign cloud configurations and AI services tailored to regulated and European customers. Comparable to Sferical as a sovereign AI infrastructure option for large enterprises, though at much larger scale and broader scope.

Regional players

• OVHcloud: OVHcloud is a European cloud provider offering GPU instances and bare-metal servers with a strong sovereignty and GDPR-compliance angle. Comparable to Sferical as a European data-sovereign infrastructure provider, but it is a general-purpose cloud rather than a dedicated AI supercomputer consortium.
• Scaleway: Scaleway is a French cloud provider operating European data centers with GPU instances for AI workloads. Like Sferical it targets sovereignty-conscious European customers, but its AI offering is more general-purpose and at smaller scale than Sferical's DGX SuperPOD deployment.
• Gcore: Gcore is a Luxembourg-based cloud and edge provider with European data centers offering GPU instances for AI workloads. It is comparable to Sferical as a European AI infrastructure provider targeting sovereignty-sensitive customers, though with a smaller and more general-purpose footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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