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LightOn · France · EU / EEA
Enterprise RAG and document intelligence, incl. VPC / on-prem / air-gapped deployment.
Classification
- Jurisdiction tier
- EU / EEA — EU member state or EEA (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) — GDPR applies directly.
- Compliance level
- Very high — Derived from the verified classification data on this site: Very high = EU/EEA jurisdiction + documented EU data residency + self-hostable option. High = EU/EEA + EU data residency. Medium = adequacy country + residency, or EU/EEA without documented residency. Each underlying claim carries its own source.
- Tags
- enterpriserag
- What the badges mean
EU company — Vendor headquartered in Europe (state country + tier).
EU data residency — EU data-residency / processing option available.
Open weights — Open weights / self-hostable.
Why these rules- Last verified
- 2026-09-04
AI Capability Snapshot
AI Capability Index — normalised so the strongest model scores 100 (anchor: Claude Fable 5.1 (max effort)). How this is measured
Not yet scored: LightOn publishes benchmarks for individual components (its LateOn and DenseOn retrievers score 57.2 and 56.2 NDCG@10 on BEIR), but no comparable index score for the Paradigm platform itself.
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
Reference models (non-EU)
For scale only — these models are not European and are not listed in the directory.
- Claude Fable 5.1 · Anthropic (US)100 / 100
- Claude Opus 5 · Anthropic (US)95 / 100
- GPT-5.6 Sol · OpenAI (US)92 / 100
- Gemini 3.7 Flash · Google (US)85 / 100
Benchmark sources
Independent, informational guide — not legal, security or compliance advice. Classifications describe company location, GDPR transfer status, data-residency options and licensing as of the date shown, from public sources. Verify data-processing terms with the provider before use, especially for personal or sensitive data. No affiliation with any vendor.