SpaceX Director says Georgia enjoys strategic location, making country natural logistics, transport hub along Trans-Caspian trade corridor
Stephen Nelson, the Satellite Policy Director at Elon Musk’s SpaceX space technology company, said Georgia had a strategic location in the South Caucasus region, making the country a natural logistics and transport hub along the Trans-Caspian trade corridor that connects the two continents.
In his remarks at an Internet Governance Global Forum session organised by the Georgian National Communications Commission in Saudi Arabia, Nelson noted the Georgian Communications Commission's “groundbreaking” role as the first telecommunications regulator in the South Caucasus region to license Starlink.
“Situated at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, the country has become a natural link between the global East and West. Based on its strategic location, Georgia has served as a conduit between regions throughout history, and today its geographical advantage is taking on new significance”, Nelson said.
“When it comes to Georgia's strategic position, it is important to note the groundbreaking role of the Communications Commission as the first telecommunications regulator in the Caucasus region to license Starlink. As a result of the licensing, Starlink managed to eliminate existing geographical obstacles in terms of access to digital services in Georgia. The Communications Commission's proactive and progressive approach has created a favourable environment for new generation technologies such as Starlink, thereby providing access to high-speed, low-latency internet connections to citizens across the country. [...] There are many more innovations expected in the future, from more efficient use of spectrum to providing internet speeds of up to 1 Gbps and low latency”, he continued.
Nelson further highlighted the importance of digital corridors in fostering innovation and noted that “these corridors serve as modern-day Silk Roads, they provide instant communication, facilitate cross-border cooperation, and democratize access to global knowledge and markets”.
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DataArt Launches Artisyn to Help Enterprises Govern and Scale AI-Enabled Software Delivery
15.05.2026.12:45
DataArt, a global software engineering firm that delivers breakthrough data, analytics, and AI platforms, today introduced Artisyn, an AI-enabled operating model that redefines how enterprises build, scale, and govern software. The methodology combines AI agents, unified project context, and reusable code foundations with enterprise governance standards — embedding intelligence throughout the design, development, testing, and deployment process.
Built with and for clients, Artisyn systemizes how DataArt invests in, applies, and evolves its delivery practices over time, bringing together reference architectures, reusable foundations and AI-enhanced workflows. The goal is to help teams standardize non-differentiating work while preserving full ownership of what makes their business unique, enabling faster, more predictable outcomes. Artisyn is designed to evolve continuously as DataArt's teams contribute proven accelerators and AI capabilities to the delivery flywheel, ensuring clients benefit from cross-industry learning.
As AI becomes a standard part of enterprise software development, organizations face growing complexity around governance, auditability, and consistency across teams and tools. Many organizations struggle to apply AI consistently across the software lifecycle, from strategy and problem shaping through build and deployment. Artisyn enables teams to integrate AI into delivery work while maintaining oversight, quality, and regulatory alignment.
Designed for Modern Enterprise Delivery
Artisyn reflects DataArt’s philosophy that AI should support and improve how teams work rather than replace human judgment or creativity. It represents an evolving way of working with clients, grounded in co-creation and continuous learning, using AI to strengthen how software is designed, built and delivered to achieve business outcomes.
Backed by DataArt's $100M data and AI investment deployed in a disciplined, demand-led way, Artisyn provides systematized delivery methods, reusable foundations, and partner-aligned reference architectures that support real-world enterprise requirements. It mechanizes repeatable setup, testing, and delivery activities so DataArt’s 6,000+ engineers can focus on architecture, user experience, domain logic, and problem-solving.
As a member company of ICTA – Information and Communication Technologies Business Association of Georgia, DataArt continues to contribute to the development of Georgia’s technology ecosystem and the advancement of innovative digital transformation initiatives across the region.
Allan Wellenstein, Senior Vice President, DataArt Solution Advisors, explained:
We’re not trying to automate creativity or judgment.
We’re automating the scaffolding work that has to be done anyway. Artisyn reflects how we build the future with our clients, learning from each engagement and applying those lessons consistently over time. It helps teams focus effort on what truly differentiates their business
Yuri Gubin, Chief Innovation Officer at DataArt, said:
From an engineering standpoint, Artisyn embeds AI directly into the process for how software is designed, built, tested, and delivered.
By systemizing repeatable parts of the delivery lifecycle, teams can apply AI in a predictable and governed way, while maintaining control over architecture, data, and the technical decisions that matter most.
A Partner-Aligned, Multi-Cloud Delivery Platform
Artisyn works inside client environments and alongside the tools teams already use without introducing a proprietary runtime, control plane, or abstraction layer. It builds on partner-native architectures and best practices across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Snowflake, and Databricks, helping enterprises apply AI in ways that align with ecosystem-recommended security, compliance, and operating models.
Artisyn includes a set of practical components teams can use in day-to-day delivery work, including:
The platform integrates with major cloud AI services, including AWS Bedrock and Amazon Q, Azure AI Studio and Copilot Studio, and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI and Model Garden, ensuring alignment with partner-recommended architectures, security practices, and operational patterns.
Governance, Compliance, and Predictability by Design
Artisyn was developed to address the realities of enterprise delivery, particularly in regulated environments. Rather than introducing new controls, it systemizes governance practices DataArt has applied for years. Security and compliance considerations, including ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS, are addressed through established delivery practices and reference architectures rather than treated as add-ons. All implementations operate within client environments, ensuring that data and intellectual property remain under client control.
Evidence of Impact from Real Delivery Environments
Across projects using Artisyn-enabled workflows, teams have reported faster prototyping cycles of up to 70%, improved development efficiency of up to 30%, and higher accuracy in GenAI outputs, exceeding 90% in defined use cases. In cost-focused engagements, teams have also seen engineering cost reductions of approximately 15% and faster delivery timelines, depending on scope and maturity.
Today, it is used internally and in selected client engagements, including in regulated environments such as financial services and clinical trials, where governance and auditability are critical. These engagements build on broader AI adoption efforts across DataArt, where more than half of client accounts now use AI-enabled delivery and teams report consistent time savings from AI embedded in delivery workflows.
This approach was mentioned in the 2025 Gartner® “How to Evolve Your Pricing Model for AI Services” report, which described Artisyn as DataArt’s structured approach to integrating AI into enterprise service delivery, reflecting a shift toward asset-backed, outcome-aligned service models.
DataArt continues to focus on building custom software for clients across industries including financial services, healthcare, travel, and media. Artisyn provides the delivery foundation that supports this work, enabling teams to respond to evolving client needs, regulatory requirements, and technology shifts with greater confidence and control.
For more information, please visit: https://www.dataart.com/artisyn