The Sweden-focused advanced AI company announced by leading Swedish companies in May 2025, has been officially launched under the name Sferical AI.
The joint venture is owned by Ericsson, AstraZeneca, Saab, SEB bank, and Wallenberg Investments, with Nvidia hardware powering its AI workloads, including two DGX SuperPODs housing the Grace Blackwell GB300 systems. In total, there are 1,152 tightly interconnected advanced GPUs enabling fast training and deployment of large and complex AI models. It will be one of the largest enterprise AI supercomputers in Sweden once operational.
Based in Linköping in Southern Sweden, Sferical AI aims to strengthen the competitiveness of Swedish industry by providing participating partners with world-class computing power for AI in an integrated, sovereign and secure infrastructure.
With newly appointed Jenny Nordlöw as CEO and Anders Ynnerman as Executive Chairman, Sferical AI is part of the collaboration announced by Wallenberg Investments President Marcus Wallenberg and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, during a joint engagements in Linköping on May 26.
Marcus Wallenberg, Chairman of Wallenberg Investments, says: “Through this initiative, we create the opportunity for some of Sweden’s leading companies to position themselves at the forefront of the rapid structural transformation of the business landscape brought about by the development and use of AI.”
Ericsson Chief Technology Officer, Erik Ekudden, says: “Ericsson is looking forward to working with Sferical AI partners to develop, deliver and operate advanced and complex AI to drive Swedish competitiveness – at both individual partner enterprise and national economy levels.”
Sferical AI CEO, Jenny Nordlöw, an advisor to the Wallenberg family office who will lead the joint venture, says: “I look forward to, together with our partners, establishing the next generation of AI infrastructure in Sweden and strengthening the competitiveness of Swedish industry.”
