Canada and Germany sign AI declaration, launch Sovereign Alliance

Canada and Germany signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on Artificial Intelligence and launched the Sovereign Technology Alliance on February 14, 2026, at the Munich Security Conference.

• Main announcement: The ministers Evan Solomon (Canada) and Karsten Wildberger (Germany) signed the Joint Declaration of Intent on Artificial Intelligence and launched the Sovereign Technology Alliance on February 14, 2026 in Munich; cooperation will focus on expanding secure compute infrastructure, accelerating AI research and commercialization, and strengthening talent development to address skills gaps.
• Background and details: The declaration builds on the Canada–Germany Digital Alliance announced December 8, 2025; the Alliance will deepen coordination with trusted partners to strengthen sovereign AI capacity and reduce strategic technology dependencies; the declaration identifies collaboration with research organizations such as LawZero (incorporated May 2025 and incubated at Mila) as a potential area for future cooperation.