Aleph Alpha
GDPR Compliance
Data Handling
All infrastructure in Germany. PhariaAI stack is designed for on-premise or sovereign EU cloud deployment, primarily on STACKIT (Schwarz Group) infrastructure. On-premise deployment option provides complete data isolation. No US entity involvement. Air-gapped deployment available for defence and government use cases.
For on-premise/PhariaAI stack: customer fully controls data, nothing leaves customer environment. For cloud API: per service terms. No training on customer data.
On-premise deployments provide complete data isolation — zero data leaves customer environment. Cloud API follows contractual DPA terms. No training on customer inference data.
Certifications & EU AI Act
One of Europe's most EU AI Act-engaged companies. Provider of foundation models (Pharia-1-LLM-7B) subject to GPAI model provider obligations. Co-founded the Future of European AI initiative. Actively participates in EU AI Office consultations. Pharia-1-LLM-7B model card and technical documentation published per GPAI transparency requirements.
Verification
IMPORTANT CONTEXT: Aleph Alpha underwent a strategic pivot in 2024. The original Luminous model API is legacy — current product is PhariaAI, a sovereign AI suite for enterprises and governments. B2G/enterprise-only: no public self-serve pricing or API. Key customers include the German Federal Employment Agency (80,000 users), Baden-Württemberg state government, Deutsche Bank, Bosch, SAP, and Schwarz Group. Germany is an EU member state — no cross-border GDPR transfer concern for EU customers. Most proactive EU AI Act engagement of any provider in this directory alongside Mistral.