AI sovereignty
The sovereign AI platform
Built, owned, and operated in Europe. Govern, observe, and route every AI request under the jurisdiction you choose, on infrastructure you control.
100%
In-region data residency
94%
EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework
Zero
US parent companies and ownership
Mission-critical for European teams at
Why it matters
Your vendor’s jurisdiction decides who can reach your data
Orq.ai is a European entity, so your data is processed under EU law. Wherever you operate, the question is the same: which government can compel access to your provider.
Regulation is accelerating everywhere
The EU AI Act, DORA, and GDPR set the pace, and comparable rules are landing across Asia, the Gulf, and Latin America. All of them want audit trails, governance controls, and defensible data flows.
The principle
Sovereignty is the same question in every market
The same question comes up wherever you operate: who can reach your data, and on whose authority. Teams across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America are asking it too.
Jurisdiction beats geography
Where your vendor is incorporated decides which government can compel access to your data. That holds in Jakarta, Nairobi and São Paulo exactly as it does in Frankfurt.
Run it on your own infrastructure
Fully air-gapped deployment on your own servers, with no egress and no telemetry. The strongest form of sovereignty is not having to trust anyone’s cloud.
Stay portable across models
Model availability shifts with export controls and licensing. Routing across providers means a restriction in one market does not stop your product.
Evidence it to your own regulator
Audit trails, access logs and governance reporting that answer to whichever supervisory body you report to, not just to European ones.
One platform, fully sovereign
The full platform, inside your jurisdiction
Most vendors offer data residency as an option on one product. At Orq.ai, sovereignty runs through every part of the platform.
AI Gateway
Route every AI request through infrastructure you choose. 500+ models, in-region data residency by default, no CLOUD Act exposure.
AI Observability
Every trace, log, and metric stays inside your region, across agents, calls, and tokens.
AI Engineering
Build, test, evaluate, and deploy AI agents on infrastructure you control.
AI Governance
Enforce policies, audit trails, and compliance controls across your AI stack.
Sovereign infrastructure
Gateway
Observability
Engineering
Governance
One control plane, one jurisdiction
Who it’s for
Built for regulated enterprises
Independently verified
94% on the EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework
Scored across eight sovereignty dimensions by the EU’s own framework. Orq.ai is the only AI control plane that clears the sovereignty gate across every deployment mode. CADA and the SEAL assurance levels are covered in full on our EU sovereignty page.
Social Proof
Trusted by regulated enterprises
FAQs
What enterprises ask us about AI sovereignty
How is Orq.ai different from a US vendor with EU data centers?
Data stored in EU regions by a US company is still subject to the CLOUD Act: US authorities can compel access regardless of where the data is physically stored. Orq.ai is an EU entity with an EU cap-table. No US parent company means no CLOUD Act jurisdiction. Your vendor’s nationality is what determines which law applies, not the location of the servers.
Does EU sovereignty cover the full platform or just the gateway?
All four pillars (AI Gateway, AI Observability, AI Engineering, and AI Governance) run on EU infrastructure under EU law. This is different from vendors that offer EU data residency as an add-on for specific products while running the rest of their platform under US jurisdiction.
What is SEAL-4 and why does it matter?
SEAL-4 is the highest Sovereignty Effectiveness Assurance Level under the EU’s Cloud Sovereignty Framework. It requires that no third country exercises effective control over the design, development, maintenance, or evolution of software components. No provider operates at that level at scale today. Orq.ai is built to move you toward it, with EU ownership, EU infrastructure, and supply chain transparency already in place. Full detail on CADA and the SEAL levels is on our EU sovereignty page.
How does Orq.ai support DORA compliance?
DORA requires financial institutions to demonstrate operational resilience for digital and AI systems. Orq.ai’s EU Sovereign Cloud deployment, audit logs, incident alerting, and governance controls are built to support DORA obligations directly.
Can Orq.ai deploy on our own infrastructure?
Yes: cloud, EU sovereign cloud, or fully air-gapped on your own servers with no egress and no telemetry. Air-gapped deployment achieves 94% on the EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework.
Can you support data residency in our region?
Yes. Orq.ai runs as managed SaaS, inside a sovereign cloud environment, or fully air-gapped on your own infrastructure, so processing and storage stay in the region you choose. Talk to us about the region and deployment mode you need.
We are not based in the EU. Does any of this apply to us?
Yes. Sovereignty is a question about jurisdiction, not geography: whichever government has authority over your provider can compel access to your data, wherever the servers physically sit. Orq.ai operates as a single European entity, and deploys into your own cloud or fully air-gapped on your own servers, so you can put the control plane inside whichever jurisdiction you answer to.
Why does it matter where your AI vendor is headquartered?
AI infrastructure is increasingly subject to geopolitical pressure. Models get restricted overnight, export controls shift, and US law can compel access to data held by US-owned companies regardless of where it’s physically stored. Building on a European vendor means your AI stack isn’t exposed to those risks: your contracts, your data, and your governance all sit under the same jurisdiction.
