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Custom sovereign AI solution development

A sovereign AI solution runs on European infrastructure and keeps your data and models under EU jurisdiction. Appfront develops AI applications that align with the GDPR and the EU AI Act, without sending your data to non-European AI clouds. We build the application, select suitable open models and set everything up so that it falls under European law.

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What is sovereign AI?

Sovereign AI is about where your AI runs and which jurisdiction applies to it. The major AI clouds are American and fall under the US CLOUD Act; your data and prompts are processed there and sometimes retained. A sovereign AI solution runs on EU-based infrastructure and keeps processing within European jurisdiction.

This fits a growing regulatory framework: the GDPR, the EU AI Act and initiatives around European digital sovereignty such as Gaia-X. Appfront builds the AI application around open models on EU infrastructure, so you can innovate without giving up control over your data.

How we approach this

Discovery

We map out your current situation, applications and requirements.

Design and planning

We design the solution and draw up an approach tailored to your requirements.

Build or migrate

We build or migrate step by step, with attention to integrations and security.

Operations and ongoing development

After go-live, we provide monitoring, maintenance and ongoing development.

What we build

AI on EU infrastructure

We run AI applications on European, sovereign infrastructure.

Open models

We work with open language models that you can run and manage yourself.

Custom applications

Assistants, search and analysis applications tailored to your processes.

AI Act-aware design

We take the risk classification and obligations of the EU AI Act into account.

Integrations

Integrations with your systems and European data services.

Management

Ongoing maintenance, model updates and monitoring.

For whom

Government

Organisations that want to deploy AI within strict public frameworks.

Healthcare and research

Organisations working with sensitive or research data.

Financial sector

Regulated parties that want to deploy AI responsibly.

Organisations with EU requirements

Companies that need to stay under EU jurisdiction for compliance reasons.

Technology and approach

We build with open models on European infrastructure, so your AI solution falls under EU law and remains portable. No dependency on non-European AI clouds.

Open language models

Retrieval-augmented generation

EU-based infrastructure

Vector databases

Containers / Kubernetes

Encryption and access control

AI Act-aware design

Monitoring and logging

Why Appfront

Appfront combines AI development with knowledge of European regulation and sovereign infrastructure. We build applications that not only work, but also fit within your legal and compliance frameworks.

AI under EU jurisdiction
Open models, no non-EU clouds
AI Act and GDPR-aware design
Data stays under your control

Related services

See also building private AI and sovereign cloud.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between private AI and sovereign AI?

Private AI is about running AI on infrastructure you control; sovereign AI places the emphasis on jurisdiction: EU-based and under European law. In practice the two often overlap; we discuss which emphasis suits your requirements.

What does the EU AI Act mean for my application?

The EU AI Act classifies AI applications by risk and attaches obligations to each category. We take that classification into account in the design, but you should agree the final legal assessment with your own lawyers.

Does this really run entirely in Europe?

That is the starting point: we run the models and processing on EU-based infrastructure. We do not use non-European AI clouds unless you deliberately choose to.

Which models do you use?

Open language models that can run on European infrastructure. The choice depends on your task and quality requirements.

Is sovereign AI less powerful than the major AI clouds?

Open models have improved considerably in recent years and are excellent for many tasks. For some very demanding tasks there may be a trade-off; we will be honest with you about that, rather than promising that everything is equal.

Can you make an existing AI application sovereign?

Often, yes. We assess which components currently run outside the EU and draw up a plan to move them to sovereign infrastructure.

Getting started with sovereign AI

Want to deploy AI within European frameworks and under your own control? We would be glad to design a sovereign solution with you.

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