Canada and Germany have signed a new Joint Declaration of Intent on AI and launched a Sovereign Technology Alliance aimed at strengthening cooperation on advanced technologies and reducing strategic dependencies, officials announced February 14 in Munich.

The agreement was signed by Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation, Evan Solomon, and Germany’s Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernization, Karsten Wildberger, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. The initiative builds on the Canada–Germany Digital Alliance announced in December 2025 and is designed to move bilateral AI cooperation from planning into implementation.

According to the announcement, the declaration establishes a framework for collaboration focused on expanding secure compute infrastructure, accelerating AI research and commercialization, and strengthening workforce development to address skills shortages. Officials said the goal is to help researchers, startups, and industries in both countries scale innovation and remain globally competitive while advancing secure and resilient AI systems.

A key component of the announcement is the new Sovereign Technology Alliance, which aims to deepen cooperation among trusted partners on advanced technologies. The alliance is intended to strengthen sovereign AI capacity, promote economic resilience, and reduce reliance on external technology providers by fostering practical collaboration and shared capability development.

The ministers also discussed potential collaboration with research organizations focused on safe-by-design AI, including Canada-based nonprofit LawZero, founded by Turing Prize winner Professor Yoshua Bengio. The declaration identifies safe AI development as a potential area for future joint work.

Further cooperation is expected later this year when Canada hosts Germany as Country of the Year at the All In conference in Montréal in September 2026, a move intended to boost connections between startups, investors, and industry leaders from both countries.

In statements accompanying the announcement, both ministers framed the partnership as a response to growing geopolitical and economic pressures around advanced technologies, emphasizing that AI development, digital sovereignty, and secure infrastructure are increasingly central to economic security and democratic resilience. The agreement also aligns with broader efforts by both countries to shape international AI standards and strengthen cooperation through existing trade and digital partnerships.

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