Robin Ayoub sits down with André Palaguine, CEO of LIC Language Intelligence Corporation, and Mugais Jahangir, CRO of LIC and Head of Sales at memoQ, to unpack the launch of Canada's newest sovereign AI language platform. The conversation covers the 25-year journey that led to LIC, the strategic joint venture between NATIONS Translation Group and memoQ, what sovereign AI actually means for enterprise and government clients, and why Canada is uniquely positioned to lead in trusted AI communication infrastructure
In this episode Robin reconnects with an old colleague from the Lexi-tech International days, André Palaguine, now CEO of the newly launched LIC Language Intelligence Corporation. Joining them is Mugais Jahangir, CRO of LIC and Head of Sales at memoQ, the Hungarian language technology leader whose platform powers the LIC product stack.
Together they cover: how the localization industry has transformed since the early days when translation was not even a recognized business term, the strategic thinking behind building a joint venture rather than an organic startup, what the "bring your own LLM" design philosophy means for enterprise clients who cannot afford data exposure, the launch of Fluent as LIC's first product, Canada's window to lead the world in sovereign AI, and an open invitation to the upcoming LIC event at the Economic Club of Canada.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6F0NhGCQP4E
Connect with André Palaguine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrepalaguine/
Connect with Mugais Jahangir: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mugais/
Learn more about LIC: https://www.licorp.ai/