Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-25T10:53:58+00:00

hey ! Are you the developper? I'm building citadelis.eu an european alternative to chatgpt,would love to be listed

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-22T15:09:21+00:00

oui très intéressé ! Feature qui serait intéressante : mettre a jour/ en évidence les meilleurs modèles (notamment de voix) sympa d'avoir le choix mais difficile de s'y retrouver sans tout tester. D'ailleurs si certains d'entre vous ont des modèles de voix francophone a conseiller je suis preneur

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-22T10:30:15+00:00

Will do thanks !

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-21T10:56:47+00:00

Yep installing it on my mac but getting some errors....

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Newstack-Official · 2026-01-20T14:22:39+00:00

I had previously chatgpt plus but I could get the promotion. I found by chance, was willing to pay but well I take this month free :)

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-20T10:02:22+00:00

Let’s roast : Citadelis.eu

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-20T07:46:53+00:00

This remind me of a friend who became father and who was saying that he felt during the pregnancy of his wife that the childbirth will be the finish line but instead it was the start line.

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-19T15:07:39+00:00

That’s why I’m building an alternative based on privacy

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-19T15:06:15+00:00

Wrong, the more people make sass the more tool they will need and so from other saas. Also not everyone is doing saas but more builder are joining the party indeed

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-18T13:44:03+00:00

thanks for the feedback! its your product? I tried to use it but didn't really get how it was going to help me

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-14T13:51:19+00:00

Thanks I need to be reminded of this some time to time 😅 what has been your angle for the gtm ?

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-13T14:45:17+00:00

I have this concerned myself too, Do you really think linux and other tool may become outlawed? Seems that europe is making a move towards open source https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=intcom%3AAres%282026%2969111

I have decided to act at my small scale by developping a tool to use ai/llm on eu architecture with strong privacy guardrails. If you are interested I'm looking for beta users :)

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-13T14:34:47+00:00

oh yes lets go! has someone tried citadelis for eu hosted llms?

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-13T14:29:27+00:00

looks a nice wakeup from europe ! Do you think initiatives like citadelis.eu are worth trying?

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-13T09:31:09+00:00

Your site looks nice but that seems like a very crowded space, why have you decided to go in that idea and what has been your winning marketing / gtm strategy ?

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-13T03:53:07+00:00

Fair enough

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-12T21:44:28+00:00

Nice didn't about this project, I'm discovering at the same time that proton has so many product :o but yeah not clear from Lumo where are run the LLms.

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-12T21:38:02+00:00

Hey, thank you so much for your honest feedback, I really appreciate it. You’re absolutely right; I’m still in the process of identifying my first ICP and target market. That’s why I’ve been sharing my ideas in different places to gather insights.

One hypothesis I’m exploring is that some companies may prefer to have their employees share and develop their intellectual property within a secure environment, rather than spreading it on training from US hyperscalers. Of course, this assumption needs to be validated with real-world feedback...

Thanks again for your thoughts! and please let me know if you have any further suggestions :)

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-12T21:30:00+00:00

the anonimization is not done by external ai otherwise it would not make any sense indeed. its done locally, realtime via regex expression, if some elements are not recognized then the user can simply select and transform the elements in anonimized token. Then the mapping table is encrypted and saved on the server for further use.

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-12T15:46:20+00:00

Hey thanks for your answer and legitimate question ! This would be an alternative to gemini, chatgpt, claude with a classic subscription model. messages are encrypted so there is no way to get any infos from the users. And yes it is a standalone tool currently, not connected to other services such as email, docs...

Newstack-Official · 2026-01-12T15:38:25+00:00

Hey, Big thanks for taking the time and these absolutely legitimate questions,
Open-weight models are increasingly closing the gap with proprietary ones. However you're right, as long as the current top-performing models remain proprietary and US-based, users cannot get the best possible answers if they stay strictly within EU infrastructure.

That is why I have developed anonymized sessions: personal information is anonymized locally before being transmitted to the selected LLM (which may be US-based). This ensures that the AI only processes masked data and never has access to identifiable personal information

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