Armada and OpenAI Partner to Deliver Industry-Specific Edge AI Models

Armada and OpenAI have announced a strategic collaboration to advance edge AI capabilities, according to a press release. The partnership aims to create smaller, industry-specific AI models optimized for deployment in bandwidth-constrained environments across sectors such as oil and gas, mining, public safety, and defense.

Armada’s Galleons—ruggedized modular data centers—will provide the infrastructure for efficient AI inference, while the Armada Edge Platform will manage deployment in remote and low-connectivity settings. As part of the collaboration, Armada has tested and made available OpenAI’s open-weight model, gpt-oss-120b, on its Galleons.

The companies plan to explore additional areas including energy-efficient AI and explainability tools to improve transparency and trust in AI outputs. The collaboration is designed to enable organizations to build and deploy latency-sensitive applications securely and in compliance with data sovereignty requirements.