# LightOn Paradigm

## Kurzbeschreibung
**"Gen AI With The Control You Need."**


**Paradigm** is an enterprise GenAI platform from LightOn for private LLMs, enterprise search, RAG, document analysis, and knowledge work. The platform can be operated in a sovereign European cloud, private cloud, on-premises, or air-gapped environment.

## Claim
Gen AI With The Control You Need.

## Geeignet für
- API Integration
- Data Extraction / Document Analysis
- Customer Service & Chatbots
- Productivity & Planning
- Research
- Law / Compliance
- Science
- Knowledge Management / Internal Search

## Kernfunktionen
- Automation
- Chatbot
- Document analysis
- Research
- Job Listings
- Text generation
- Knowledge Base

## Preismodell
- **free:** **LightOn API Starter**

Free entry for API tests and initial OCR, extraction, and retrieval applications.
- **subscription:** **API Business** API usage for productive teams with business support and usage-based scaling.


**Paradigm SaaS **Seat-based enterprise AI with chat, RAG, enterprise search, permissions, and integrations.


**Enterprise** Custom deployment with SLA, SSO, SCIM, governance, private cloud, or on-premises.
- **other:** **On-Premise / Air Gap** Operation entirely within your own infrastructure for classified or regulated data.


**Hybrid Deployment** Local data storage combined with sovereign European GPU resources.


**Professional Services** Implementation, data connectivity, model integration, retrieval optimization, and customer-specific use cases.

## DSGVO und Datenschutz
**Gesamteinschätzung:** Yes

**On-Prem / local hosting: covered**

The product page explicitly mentions 'On-Premise' as well as 'Both compute and data on your infrastructure. Air-gap capable'. This clearly documents local hosting on the customer's own infrastructure.

**Private cloud / data center: covered**

Private/segregated cloud is clearly evidenced: the website mentions hybrid with 'sovereign European cloud GPUs' and other pages mention private cloud or cloud prive as a deployment option.

**EU SaaS / Managed: covered**

The deployment page describes a SaaS offering as 'Fully Sovereign, Fully Managed' and 'Entirely hosted on sovereign European cloud infrastructure'. This at least clearly addresses EU data residency at the level of European infrastructure.

**Hybrid: covered**

Hybrid is explicitly mentioned: 'Data stays on-premise while sovereign European cloud GPUs accelerate inference. Full performance with full data residency.'

**DPA / DPA: covered**

The Terms explicitly define a 'Data Processing Agreement (DPA)' and state that LightOn processes personal data on behalf of the customer in accordance with the DPA concluded with the customer.

**No training: partial**

Positive: The Terms explicitly state 'No Training' for 'Feedback Content' routed to LightOn and that it is not used to train, retrain, or fine-tune foundational AI models. However, a general, product-wide exclusion covering all prompts, uploads, chat histories, and outputs is not consistently evidenced on the website; the Privacy Policy mentions that online chat data in the support/website context is in part used to improve the chatbot service via machine learning.

**Open source / transparency path: partial**

There is a transparency/sovereignty path: the website mentions open models/components such as 'Built on ... our open-source ColBERT family', 'Bring your own model. Open-source, commercial, or private' and the Terms state that open-source software components are subject to separate open-source licenses. However, the website does not provide a complete technical disclosure of all Paradigm components.

**Data processing**

The website describes three main paths relevant for the EU/EEA: **On-Premise** with data and compute on customer infrastructure, **Hybrid** with data remaining on-premise and European cloud acceleration for inference, and **Managed SaaS** on sovereign European cloud infrastructure. From a data protection law perspective, this is supported by the Privacy Policy with information on processing in France or the EU, DPA/SCC/appropriate safeguards for cross-border transfers, and a GDPR compliance page with rights and protective measures.

**Conclusion**

For a European tool directory, the overall assessment is positive: LightOn documents several **EU/EEA-suitable and data-sovereign operating models**, especially On-Premise and Hybrid, which open up a straightforward path to GDPR-compliant use throughout the EU/EEA. The biggest open points are the lack of publicly available detail on specific data center locations and the subprocessors list being available only on request, as well as a no-training exclusion that is not fully formulated in general terms for all usage data.

**Sources**

- [https://lighton.ai/deployment-options](https://lighton.ai/deployment-options)
- [https://lighton.ai/privacy-policy](https://lighton.ai/privacy-policy)
- [https://docs.lighton.ai/en/support-legal/legal-and-compliance/gdpr-compliance](https://docs.lighton.ai/en/support-legal/legal-and-compliance/gdpr-compliance)
- [https://docs.lighton.ai/en/support-legal/legal-and-compliance/privacy-policy](https://docs.lighton.ai/en/support-legal/legal-and-compliance/privacy-policy)
- [https://paradigm-academy.lighton.ai/en/support-legal/legal-and-compliance/terms-of-use](https://paradigm-academy.lighton.ai/en/support-legal/legal-and-compliance/terms-of-use)
- [https://lighton.ai/partners-and-white-labelling](https://lighton.ai/partners-and-white-labelling)
- [https://lighton.ai/](https://lighton.ai/)
- [https://www.lighton.ai/fr/ready-to-use-interface](https://www.lighton.ai/fr/ready-to-use-interface)

LightOn Paradigm can overall be assessed as usable in a GDPR-compliant manner for users in the EU/EEA based on the provider's website, because LightOn explicitly offers on-premise, hybrid, and SaaS operating models with **sovereign European cloud infrastructure**, and for on-premise it even states that compute and data remain on the customer's infrastructure. In addition, the legal texts refer to GDPR compliance, DPA/AVV agreements with customers, and safeguards for international transfers. The assessment is based on the best available usage path in the EU/EEA, not only a possible standard SaaS setup.

**Positive**

Positive aspects are the clearly documented deployment options **on-premise**, **hybrid**, and **SaaS on sovereign European cloud infrastructure**. For hybrid, it states that data remains on-premise and only European cloud GPUs are used for inference. In the legal texts, LightOn identifies itself as a data processor for customer data and refers to a DPA/AVV concluded with the customer. In addition, there is a dedicated GDPR compliance page with data subject rights, protective measures, storage limitation, and information on international transfers.

**Negative**

Negative or limiting is that the specific **server/data center location** for Paradigm SaaS is not identified down to the country/data center level. The privacy policy only states that most processing directly controlled by LightOn takes place in France or in the EU and that some processing by subprocessors may take place in various locations. According to the website, a complete subprocessor list is only available **upon request**. Furthermore, an explicit general "no training on any customer content" is not comprehensively documented on the website for every usage scenario; training is explicitly excluded for feedback content transmitted to LightOn, while chat/support data is in some cases mentioned for service improvement or machine learning in the website/support context.

**Server location**

The website does not name a single specific Paradigm data center. The privacy policy states that most processing directly controlled by LightOn takes place in France or in the EU; further processing by subprocessors may occur in various locations. For the product page, SaaS is described as 'entirely hosted on sovereign European cloud infrastructure', hybrid with 'sovereign European cloud GPUs', and on-premise with data and compute on customer infrastructure.

## Hosting und Daten
- **On-Prem / lokales Hosting:** abgedeckt
- **Private Cloud / Rechenzentrum:** abgedeckt
- **EU SaaS / Managed:** abgedeckt
- **Hybrid:** abgedeckt
- **AVV / DPA:** abgedeckt
- **Kein Training auf Kundendaten:** teilweise / indirekt
- **Open-Source / Transparenz-Pfad:** teilweise / indirekt

## Standort
**Land:** France

**Taxonomie:** France

LightOn SA, 2 rue de la Bourse, 75002 Paris, France.

## Vorteile
- Very strong sovereignty and on-premises focus
- Air-gapped and private cloud options
- Enterprise search, RAG, OCR, and knowledge work
- API, SSO, RBAC, audit logs, and data sources
- EU-sovereign hosting according to the provider

## Nachteile
- Strongly enterprise-oriented and usually overkill for individual users
- Private deployments may require your own infrastructure and GPU capacity
- An enterprise project is required for full governance features
- Public pricing details for Paradigm are limited

## Quellen
- Offizielle Website: https://lighton.ai/deployment-options?utm_source=chatgpt.com

## Letzter Datenstand
2026-06-29

## Originalseite
https://kifox.ai/en/ki-tools/lighton-paradigm-en/