Mr. John Watson of BCE's Bell reports

BELL AND COVEO ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC SOVEREIGN AI PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE CANADA'S DIGITAL LEADERSHIP

BCE Inc.'s Bell and Coveo Solutions Inc. have entered a strategic sovereign AI (artificial intelligence) partnership to accelerate the modernization of digital services for Canadian federal and provincial governments and regulated industries.

The partnership combines the Coveo AI-Relevance platform with Bell AI Fabric, a full-stack AI offering anchored by the company's nationwide fibre network, data centre infrastructure, software, cloud capabilities, and advanced professional integration and adoption services. Together, the companies aim to deliver secure, compliant and scalable AI solutions to help organizations modernize citizen services, enhance work force productivity and unlock the full value of their data -- while keeping sensitive information, data and AI operations within Canada, under Canadian law.

The collaboration builds on Bell and Coveo's growing role in advancing AI innovation in the Canadian public and private sectors, including Coveo's previously announced memorandum of understanding with the government of Canada to modernize public services with AI-powered search and relevance technology. It also underscores Bell's objective to building a Canadian AI ecosystem by partnering with domestic technology companies to bring their capabilities to market at scale.

Bell's technology services division, Ateko, will play a central role in solution design, integration and governance advisory services to support responsible adoption of the Coveo AI-Relevance platform within complex public sector and regulated environments.

Coveo's platform leverages advanced semantic search, machine learning, generative AI and contextual relevance to unify enterprise data and deliver secure, real-time insights across digital and agentic channels. These capabilities are designed to support improved citizen engagement, faster self-service case resolution, reduced operational complexity and greater employee empowerment -- key priorities in the digital evolution of Canada's government and regulated industries.

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"Canada has a responsibility and opportunity to lead in sovereign AI. Through our strategic partnership with Coveo, we are strengthening a made-in-Canada AI ecosystem that combines our secure national infrastructure and Bell AI Fabric with Coveo's world-class, internationally recognized AI-Relevance platform. As partners, we will help governments and enterprises modernize mission-critical services while ensuring Canadian data and AI computing remains secure, governed and under Canadian control," said John Watson, group president, business markets, AI and Ateko, Bell.

"Bell AI Fabric provides the sovereign foundation required for trusted AI adoption at scale. By aligning strategically with Bell, Coveo is reinforcing its commitment to Canadian innovation leadership and to delivering industrialized AI solutions that strengthen national digital resilience, productivity and economic growth," said Louis Tetu, executive chairman, Coveo.

"This partnership turns leading Canadian AI innovation into real world impact. Ateko is proud to help organizations embed Coveo's AI Relevance and agentic capabilities directly into services and workflows. Working with Bell and Coveo, we are enabling governments and regulated enterprises to adopt AI confidently, while keeping sensitive data and operations securely in Canada," said Lukas Lhotsky, president, Ateko.

"This partnership represents a defining step in building a fully integrated sovereign AI stack in Canada. By embedding the Coveo AI-Relevance platform within Bell AI Fabric, we are helping governments and enterprises to deploy advanced AI search and generative capabilities at scale with confidence to drive transformative outcomes while maintaining high standards of security, transparency and sovereignty," said Laurent Simoneau, chief executive officer, Coveo.

About BCE Inc.'s Bell

Bell is Canada's largest communications company, leading the way in advanced fibre and wireless networks, enterprise services, and digital media. By delivering next-generation technology that leverages cloud-based and AI-driven solutions, Bell is keeping customers connected, informed and entertained while enabling businesses to compete on the world stage.

About Coveo Solutions Inc.

Coveo brings superior AI-Relevance to every point of experience, transforming how enterprises connect their data to their customers and employees to maximize business outcomes.

Relevance is about moving from persona to person, the degree to which the enterprise-wide content, products, recommendations and advice presented to a person on-line aligns easily with their context, needs, preferences, behaviour and intent, setting the competitive experience gold standard. Every person's journey is unique, and only AI can solve the complexity of tailoring experiences across massive, diverse audiences and large volumes and variety of content and products.

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