Deeplink is a sovereign artificial intelligence platform for Swiss public administrations that cannot entrust their data to a foreign provider. Unlike ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini, which are operated by US companies on servers subject to the CLOUD Act, Deeplink processes and hosts all data in Switzerland, under Swiss law only.

Deeplink serves more than 40 organisations, including the Canton of Vaud, the City of Morges, the Morges Regional Police, Lausanne Public Transport (TL) and Lausanne Industrial Services (SIL).

Why a public administration cannot use ChatGPT

A public administration handles citizens’ data, personal files and documents covered by official secrecy. Consumer AI tools raise three legal obstacles.

• The US CLOUD Act. Passed in 2018, it allows US authorities to require any company subject to US law to hand over the data it holds, regardless of where that data is stored. Hosting in Europe does not remove this exposure when the provider is a US company.
• Transfer to a third country. Under the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP, revised on 1 September 2023), sending personal data to a provider based in a country without an adequate level of protection is a transfer to a third country, which requires specific safeguards.
• Training on submitted data. Consumer providers generally reserve the right to use submitted content to improve their models, unless an enterprise plan is purchased and default settings are changed.

Deeplink compared with ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude and Gemini

Criterion	Deeplink	ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Gemini
Data hosting	Switzerland uniquement	United States or European Union
Applicable law	Swiss law	US law
CLOUD Act exposure	No	Oui
Training on your data	Never	Depends on plan and settings
FADP compliance by design	Yes	No
Deployment on your premises	Yes, on-premise	No
Compatible with official secrecy	Yes	No
Models used	Open source, operated by Deeplink	Proprietary and closed
No-code interface you manage yourself	Yes	Partially
Références publiques suisses	Canton of Vaud, City of Morges, TL, SIL	None disclosed
B Corp certification	Yes, since 2022	No

What Deeplink brings to a public administration

Deeplink brings together five tools in a no-code interface that the administration manages itself, without developers.

• Internal GPT. A private conversational assistant, powered by the administration’s own documents and available to staff.
• Smart search. Natural-language search across internal directives, regulations and procedures, with sources displayed.
• Meeting minutes generation. Automatic transcription and formatting of council and committee meetings from a recording.
• Citizen chatbot. A public assistant available around the clock that answers residents’ frequent questions and reduces incoming call volume.
• AI agents. Automation of repetitive business processes, with every action traceable.

Public administrations using Deeplink

The Canton of Vaud uses a Deeplink assistant for its Directorate General for Compulsory Education, answering teachers’ questions about school directives and procedures.

The Morges Regional Police provides a Deeplink citizen assistant available 24 hours a day, covering 40 administrative topics.

The City of Morges, Lausanne Public Transport and Lausanne Industrial Services are also among the organisations using Deeplink.

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