51³Ô¹ÏÍø

ISTANBUL, TÜRKİYE - JULY 23, 2025: Turkish software and defense giant Havelsan has developed a closed-loop, secure artificial intelligence (AI) system called MAIN, designed as a corporate alternative to open AI platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini while safeguarding sensitive institutional data, a company official told Anadolu.Arif Furkan Mendi, director of business development at Havelsan, described MAIN as an AI assistant platform for corporate use that operates entirely offline, utilizing organizations’ internal data without any internet connection."It serves as an artificial intelligence assistant without any internet connection whatsoever," Mendi told Anadolu at the IDEF 2025 defense fair in Istanbul.Saying that Türkiye's institutions possess vast amounts of data, Mendi stressed that infrastructure needs to be created to interpret this data and make it ready for AI."We are building this infrastructure first, and with MAIN, we are using it to interpret the data in these big data environments, acting as an assistant to provide institutions with higher quality services and increase their efficiency," he noted.He said that everyone uses open-source chatbots such as Google’s Gemini or OpenAI’s ChatGPT frequently in their daily lives, but using them as a corporate tool is not very feasible, especially in terms of data security."The export of this data and its access to the entire world via internet connection poses serious cybersecurity risks," Mendi said.With MAIN, he said, Havelsan is building infrastructure to enable institutions to utilize AI, allowing them to receive AI services with completely secure infrastructure.(Footage by Osman Bakir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)