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Which sovereign AI for a Swiss SME?

“Sovereign AI” is a vendor's word. For a Swiss SME it comes down to three questions: where your documents are processed, which software runs, and who validates. Here are our answers.

First, the law that applies to your documents

You decide where your data is processed, and we install the system there. A server on your premises, our hardware in Lausanne, a Swiss host, a European host, or an American provider.

The first four fall under Swiss or European law. The fifth falls under the CLOUD Act: a United States authority can request access to your data, wherever the servers are.

Software that is not ours

We install open-source software, tested on our own machines. The catalogue is public: vLLM, LiteLLM, Hermes Agent, Qdrant, OpenWebUI, n8n, Paperless-ngx.

None is proprietary. Your teams, or another provider, can take them over. We install no software whose business model is your data.

The model runs where you decide

On our hardware in Lausanne, we can tell you which machine. Each client has its own installation, network and volumes. Its documents are not indexed with anyone else's.

A person validates, and spending is capped

We define together the moments where a person validates, and they are written into the scope before the work starts. The system answers from your documents, and points to the file and the passage.

Every installation includes a gateway, and no model call bypasses it. That is where you set the monthly cap. Access to your tools is defined one tool at a time.

FADP, GDPR, AI Act

In Switzerland the FADP applies, as to any data processing. A company that processes data of people based in the Union also falls under the GDPR.

The AI Act follows your activity in the Union, not your registered office. Sorting invoices or answering from your own documents does not fall under its high-risk categories. The compliance documents are included in the price of going live.

The questions we are asked

Does sovereign AI have to be hosted in Switzerland?

No. A server on your premises, our hardware in Lausanne, a Swiss or a European host all fall under Swiss or European law. Only an American provider changes the law that applies.

Can we keep our ChatGPT or Copilot subscriptions?

Yes. Your existing subscriptions are complemented with reusable procedures and connectors to your tools. What is entrusted to them, and what stays with you, is decided at the diagnosis.

Do we need a graphics card on our premises?

No. The model runs on our graphics cards in Lausanne. Without a dedicated card, a smaller model runs on a workstation or a small server at your place. The diagnosis says which is enough.

What happens if we stop?

The installation stays yours: software, developments, documentation. Keeping it running is a monthly subscription, cancellable at any time.

Which questions to ask any provider?

Three. Where does the model run, and on which machine? What is shared between clients? Which software has been verified, and by whom?

To go further

Get in touch

Thirty minutes, by video call. We look at your documents and say what we can do, including when the answer is no.

Book a call

In writing. A person reads your message, and replies within 24 hours.

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Avenue Édouard-Dapples 21
1006 Lausanne, Switzerland