Galene.AI Deploys a Sovereign-by-Design Conversational AI Platform on Scaleway

Overview

Galene.AI built a fully sovereign, self-hosted conversational AI platform running on Scaleway's GPU infrastructure, engineered so client data, models, and compliance remain entirely within European jurisdiction. The platform deploys as a private Kubernetes cluster, either on-premise or within a private Scaleway cloud, with all AI inference processed locally on Scaleway GPUs (from 2xL40S to H100-based configurations) rather than through external API calls. Data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.3) and at rest (AES-256). The platform includes an agentic framework using Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect private AI agents to internal knowledge bases and enterprise systems (CRMs, ERPs), and a built-in governance layer called Generative Shield that enforces real-time compliance across cybersecurity, ethical/legal, data protection, and output-accuracy dimensions. Scaleway's data centers are located exclusively in the EU (France, Poland, Netherlands), which the companies say eases GDPR data-residency compliance and EU AI Act compliance. Galene.AI's REST API is compatible with OpenAI's API specification.

The challenge

For many European organizations, adopting powerful large language models through public SaaS platforms means sending data to third-party ecosystems, often outside the EU, creating compliance risks with GDPR and the upcoming AI Act, along with issues of data sovereignty, intellectual property control, and vendor lock-in.

The solution

Galene.AI built a sovereign-by-design conversational AI platform that deploys on the customer's own infrastructure, on-premise or in a private Scaleway cloud, running as a private Kubernetes cluster. All AI tasks are processed locally on Scaleway GPUs (from 2xL40S to H100 based configurations), eliminating external API calls to third-party models, and data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.3) and at rest (AES-256). Its agentic framework uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) so private AI agents can securely access internal knowledge bases and connect to enterprise systems like CRMs and ERPs, and a built-in governance layer called Generative Shield enforces real-time compliance across cybersecurity, ethical/legal, data protection, and output-accuracy dimensions. Galene.AI's REST API is fully compatible with OpenAI's API specification.

Reported business value

The sovereign-by-design architecture is intended to give companies full control over their data, models, and compliance posture, and Scaleway's GPU-based licensing model is designed to eliminate expensive per-seat SaaS costs and vendor lock-in.