Aleph Alpha

Aleph Alpha is a German enterprise AI company building sovereign artificial intelligence infrastructure for governments and large organizations. Founded in 2019 in Heidelberg by Jonas Andrulis, a former Apple AI engineer, Aleph Alpha has positioned itself as the trusted European provider of AI technology for security-sensitive and regulated industries, attracting significant investment from major European corporates and institutions.

The company developed the Luminous family of large language models, designed for enterprise deployment with a focus on explainability, data privacy, and multi-modal capabilities. Aleph Alpha's platform can be deployed fully on-premises or in private cloud environments, giving organizations complete control over their AI infrastructure and data. Key differentiators include explainable AI outputs that trace reasoning back to source documents, custom model training on proprietary data, and the ability to run entirely within air-gapped environments.

Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, Aleph Alpha operates exclusively from German data centers and holds ISO 27001 certification. The company has been selected by the German government and several European institutions as their sovereign AI provider, underscoring its commitment to European values of data protection and digital sovereignty. For enterprises and public sector organizations seeking AI capabilities without dependency on US hyperscalers, Aleph Alpha offers a genuinely European AI stack built for compliance, security, and operational independence.