EXCLUSIVE: VEON Bets on Sovereign AI — CEO Says Local AI Models Are Next Big Profit Driver

VEON stock is moving. See the chart and price action here. VEON CEO Kaan Terzioglu told Benzinga in an exclusive interview that the company's decade‑long digital transformation is entering a new phase — one where locally built AI models are powering growth across five frontier economies: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan."VEON is not a traditional telco," Terzioglu said. "We are a digital services company that happens to provide connectivity."Artificial intelligence, he added, isn't a ...