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The Portugal Digital Awards highlight that digitisation alone is insufficient; companies must now demonstrate the tangible value generated by these processes.
The adoption of artificial intelligence is accelerating in companies, but the majority have not yet redesigned processes or roles. In Portugal, 40% of organisations have not even started.
Portugal is the European Union country with the slowest adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), according to 2025 Eurostat data presented at the 'Artificial Intelligence at the Centre of Business' conference, organised this Thursday by ECO with the support of PwC. Nuno Loureiro, Data & AI Partner at PwC, noted that only 12%...
Pressure. The slow adoption of artificial intelligence is still limiting national growth and competitiveness. In more advanced countries, companies are more innovative, are increasing margins, and have already adapted their business models.
In critical situations, such as extreme weather events, Minsait's agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology can forecast claims volume by region, reassign priorities, and even automatically prepare processes, the company states. Minsait, an Indra group company, has developed an artificial intelligence tool that allows for the anticipation of claims spikes and the prioritisation of areas.
Statements from the key figures at the first 'Future in action: learning from top performers' meeting, promoted by NTT Data and for which Expresso served as a media partner.
PwC Portugal has established a strategic partnership with the Luso-British startup Noxus, which specialises in AI-based workflow management software, to increase the number of Portuguese companies using this technology to boost operational efficiency. The value proposition is based on the creation of 'AI co-workers' capable of...
IBM Portugal will implement an internal Agentic AI bot agent at UNA Seguros, designed using IBM watsonx Orchestrate SaaS on the IBM Cloud. This initiative aims to accelerate daily tasks for insurance agents and brokers by providing faster, more accurate responses and simplifying access to internal documentation and processes.
