§ Strategic Partnership · 5 min read
Katonic selected as a strategic partner for MLOps & GenAI Solutions across the APAC & ANZ regions.
Prem Naraindas
Founder & CEO
The infrastructure trap
of enterprise AI never reaches production
The false choice:
"innovation or control"
Enterprise AI projects that fail to reach production
Of data-scientist time lost to Kubernetes & GPU management
Katonic’s official strategic partnership region
ISVs in the SUSE AI ecosystem
We are thrilled to announce that Katonic.ai has been officially named a key strategic partner in SUSE's expanding AI ecosystem.
In a major announcement released on November 12, 2025, titled "SUSE Enhancing Value via AI ISV Partnerships," SUSE unveiled a select group of Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) - including industry giants like Altair and ClearML - chosen to deliver complete, integrated AI solutions.
Katonic is proud to be the partner of choice for MLOps & GenAI Solutions in the APAC and ANZ regions.
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This partnership comes at a critical moment. As I detailed in my recent guest feature for SUSE, "Escape the Infrastructure Trap," the industry is facing a paradox. While Generative AI promises trillions in economic value, nearly 85% of enterprise AI projects fail to reach production.
The Infrastructure Trap
Organisations are forced to choose between Innovation (moving fast with new models) and Control (security, compliance, and sovereignty).
This creates what I call the "Infrastructure Trap," where data scientists spend 80% of their time wrestling with Kubernetes and GPU management instead of solving business problems.
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Our new strategic partnership with SUSE eliminates this trade-off.
As stated in the official announcement, SUSE is integrating Katonic's Operating System for Sovereign AI with their trusted, open-source stack - including SUSE Rancher Prime.
"SUSE is excited to partner with Katonic AI for APAC and ANZ region… Our joint stack empowers customers to harness AI's power on the secure, open infrastructure they trust."
- SUSE Official Announcement
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By validating Katonic on top of SUSE Rancher Prime and RKE2, we are making the infrastructure "invisible." We provide a unified stack that allows enterprises to:
Deploy the latest Large Language Models (LLMs) and GenAI applications using Katonic's no-code/low-code tools without getting bogged down in complexity.
Run these workloads on SUSE's hardened, secure infrastructure - whether on-premise, in the cloud, or in air-gapped environments.
Leverage the combined power of SUSE's infrastructure management and Katonic's MLOps automation to reduce the complexity of day-2 operations.
"This partnership with SUSE resolves the conflict between innovation and control. By combining our platform with SUSE's trusted stack, we empower organisations to innovate at scale and build their AI future on their own terms."
- Prem Naraindas, Founder & CEO, Katonic AI
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We are honoured to stand alongside other innovators in this ecosystem. Together, we are building a future where enterprise AI is open, interoperable, and secure by design.
Open · interoperable · secure by design
Katonic
MLOps & GenAI
ClearML
Infrastructure
Avesha
GPU Orchestration
Altair
HPC
AI & Partners
Governance
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For organisations in the Asia-Pacific and Australia-New Zealand regions, you no longer need to piece together disparate tools or risk falling into the infrastructure trap. Deploy a validated, enterprise-grade joint stack - built on the open infrastructure you trust.
Prem Naraindas
Founder & CEO, Katonic AI
Prem is the Founder and CEO of Katonic AI. He is passionate about building sovereign AI infrastructure that gives organisations control over their AI destiny.
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For organisations in APAC and ANZ, the path to Sovereign AI has never been clearer. With Katonic and SUSE, you have a validated, enterprise-grade stack ready to deploy.
