Aylin Somersan Coqui (Allianz Trade’s CEO) and Olivier Oullier, Inclusive Brain’s co-founder and CEO.
One step further towards inclusion with neurotechnology and AI
In 2024, Allianz Trade and Inclusive Brains joined forces to foster the inclusion of people with disabilities thanks to AI and neurotechnologies. This partnership enabled to develop Prometheus BCI, a new kind of multimodal human-machine interface powered by generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) that transforms diverse neurophysiological data into mental commands.
Millions of people around the world witnessed this assistive neurotechnology being used by two individuals with motor and cognitive disabilities to mind-control an arm exoskeleton that empowered them to hold the Olympic torch. The arm exoskeleton was later on donated to ARSLA, a non-for-profit organization supporting people with paralysis.
Florence Lecoutre (Board Member Allianz Trade), Bettina Ramelet (ARSLA), Olivier Oullier and Laura Chevrier (ARSLA) (from L to R).
In March 2025, we are reinforcing our commitment to foster inclusion of people with disabilities by taking our partnership with Inclusive Brains one step further: initiating the development of mind-controlled keyboards.
How? By developing a non-invasive AI system to send messages without the need to touch or to speak! Millions of people are isolated because accidents of life or neurodegenerative conditions are preventing them from communicating and from having digital access. Thanks to the Prometheus BCI technology, mind-controlled keyboards can tackle this challenge head-on and give people with disabilities more autonomy, while facilitating their access to education and to the workforce.
This technology has been tested during live sessions, and already became the first ever multimodal non-invasive tool used to mind-write-and-send a tweet, and then a parliamentary amendment at the French Parliament.
"Zero discrimination is the essence of truly inclusive tech, and collective efforts are instrumental to reach this goal. By making the Prometheus BCI algorithm open source, we invite developers, institutions, and industries to collaborate on advancing assistive techs for all. Therein lies the power of unity. At Allianz Trade and Inclusive Brains, we believe in breaking barriers through innovation. This initiative reflects our dedication to inclusive solutions that empower individuals worldwide"
- Florence Lecoutre,
Group Board Member in charge of Data Analytics & AI, Human Resources, Sustainability, Compliance and Communications at Allianz Trade
Group Board Member in charge of Data Analytics & AI, Human Resources, Sustainability, Compliance and Communications at Allianz Trade
What’s next?
We will also support Inclusive Brains in making the Prometheus AI model open source for everyone else involved in advancing inclusion to benefit from our partnership.
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About Allianz
The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with around 128 million* private and corporate customers in nearly 70 countries. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing around 776 billion euros** on behalf of its insurance customers. Furthermore, our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage about 1.9 trillion euros** of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we are among the leaders in the insurance industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2024, over 156,000 employees achieved total business volume of 179.8 billion euros and an operating profit of 16.0 billion euros for the group.
* Including non-consolidated entities with Allianz customers.
** As of December 31, 2024.
** As of December 31, 2024.
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