AI-Native Platform Strategy
Bridging Platform Strategy with AI-Native Execution.
We spent decades inside Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, BT, and NOS, designing the architectures and delivery programmes that complex platforms depend on. Now we pair that engineering depth with AI-native thinking to solve the platform and governance challenges that matter most.
Who We Are
AI-native engineers who shaped the platforms you rely on.
We came from inside Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, BT, and NOS, where we designed architectures, led major platform migrations, and helped shape the open ecosystem standards the industry's most critical platforms depend on. We built our methods inside one of the most regulated, complex, and demanding industries in the world. That rigour travels.
European company, global operations. Based in Lisbon. No parent vendor. No hidden agenda.
Founders
The people behind Govantis.
A combined three decades inside the world's largest telecom operators. Now building the firm we wish had existed when we were on the inside.
Augusto Silva
Former Deutsche Telekom and BT. Led cloud TV platform delivery at BT and platform strategy at Deutsche Telekom. Instituto Superior Técnico. Deep experience in large-scale platform delivery, broadband architecture, and AI-driven platform operations.
LinkedInPedro Caldeira dos Santos
Former NOS, Vodafone Group, Nokia, KAON and Deutsche Telekom. Represented Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom at industry standards bodies including prpl Foundation and RDK. Led platform strategy and product innovation across broadband and connected home.
LinkedInWhat We Do
Three capabilities. Built for your platform.
Complex Delivery
End-to-end execution on complex, multi-vendor delivery programmes. Broadband, TV, connectivity, and AI infrastructure projects where failure is not an option. Cloud-native migration. Vendor management at scale.
AI Products & Scale
We ideate, prototype, and scale AI-native products for complex operational environments. From infrastructure monitoring to edge intelligence: AI engineering that turns infrastructure and platform data into measurable outcomes.
Governance & Strategy
Independent governance and strategy for complex platform environments. Programme management across multi-stakeholder, mission-critical programmes. AI readiness assessment. Regulatory and compliance alignment.
How We Work
Execution that respects your reality.
We don't deliver 200-slide decks and disappear. We work alongside your teams: every engagement structured for measurable outcomes.
Understand
We invest time learning your platform, constraints, and ambitions. No templates.
Align
We bring stakeholders together around a shared technical and business vision.
Execute
We build, debug, and deploy alongside your teams until outcomes are delivered.
Why Govantis
AI-native meets Telco DNA.
Vendor Agnostic
We don't sell licenses. We don't take commissions. Every recommendation is based on technical merit and measurable business impact.
Engineers at the Table
Our founders deployed platforms at Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, BT, and NOS. They build, not just advise. The gap between strategy and deployed outcome is where Govantis lives.
Outcomes Over Hours
We structure engagements around deliverables and business impact, not utilization rates. We succeed when you succeed.
Insights
Perspectives from the intersection.
AI Governance for Critical Infrastructure
Deep and Fast: Product Ideation with AI
Platform Governance in the Age of AI
From Proof-of-Concept to Production: Why Most AI Deployments Stall
Contact
Let's Talk About Your Platform.
No matter your role or your challenge: if platform strategy matters to your business, it matters to us.