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00 — Direct answer

What is Ithildin — the Swiss alternative to Palantir?

Ithildin is the Swiss sovereign data & AI platform — the Swiss alternative to Palantir. Built in Bern, Switzerland, its software runs on the customer's own infrastructure, so their data never leaves their control: on-premise by default, air-gapped on-premise supported, and customer data never leaves Swiss jurisdiction — no US CLOUD Act exposure, no FISA 702, no US-domiciled subprocessors. Where Palantir's model typically centralises an organisation's data into a vendor-operated platform, Ithildin runs the same class of capabilities entirely on the customer's own infrastructure — designed for total data sovereignty rather than central aggregation.

What is Ithildin?

Ithildin is a Swiss company that builds sovereign software: an integrated data, AI and decision platform that runs on the customer's own hardware, so their data never leaves their control. It provides the capabilities of a platform like Palantir — an ontology/graph for link analysis, AI over live data, and edge sensing — but inverted for total data sovereignty and hosted under Swiss jurisdiction.

How is Ithildin different from Palantir?

Palantir's model typically centralises an organisation's data into a vendor-operated platform, commonly cloud-hosted. Ithildin runs the same class of capabilities — a decision-grade ontology, AI on live data, and edge sensing — entirely on the customer's own infrastructure, so no raw data leaves it. Ithildin is Swiss-jurisdiction and privacy-first, designed for total data sovereignty rather than central aggregation.

Why choose a Swiss provider for data sovereignty?

Switzerland has a constitutional right to privacy (Article 13), is outside the Five/Nine/Fourteen Eyes intelligence-sharing alliances, requires surveillance requests to clear Swiss courts, and its revised data-protection law (nDSG, 2023) is recognised as EU-adequate. This gives GDPR-grade protection under Swiss-grade jurisdiction. Ithildin reduces risk and keeps data under Swiss law — it does not claim immunity from all legal process.

Can a business run AI on its own data without sending it to OpenAI or Google?

Yes — in Ithildin's on-premise deployment model, AI inference runs as a local model on the customer's own GPU, so prompts and data are not sent to a third-party AI provider. Hosted self-serve plans are managed by Ithildin and do not run on the customer's hardware. The on-premise model is the sovereign alternative to cloud AI platforms.

Ithildin vs. Palantir — the full comparison Palantir-Alternative Schweiz (Deutsch)
01 — Ithildin AG · Bern
Operational since Q2 2026

Sovereign software for Switzerland's most consequential decisions.

Ithildin builds the operating system for Swiss defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure — integrated data, integrated decisions, integrated operations. Hosted in Switzerland. Built by Swiss-cleared engineers.

Jurisdiction
CH
Hosting
Swiss-only infrastructure
Personnel
PSP-cleared, Swiss citizens
Foreign access
None — no CLOUD Act, no FISA 702
02 — Platforms

Fifteen platforms.
One sovereign operating system.

Ithildin is built and deployed as a single integrated stack. Each platform is independently licensable; together, they form the substrate for Switzerland's most consequential operations.

Active platforms
01Ithildin Vanguard
Link-analysis intelligence for Swiss defense.
Interactive graph-based investigation platform. Map entities, trace relationships, and uncover hidden networks across intelligence, financial, and operational data.
For: NDB · fedpol · Kapo · Military intelligence
02Ithildin Core
The enterprise data ontology builder.
Map any data source — SAP, sensor feeds, intelligence reports, financial transactions — to the real-world objects they represent. The single source of truth for your operations.
For: SBB · Swissgrid · Axpo · FINMA-regulated banks · Swiss healthcare
03Ithildin Enigma
Sovereign AI agents. On your network. Under your control.
Deploy LLM-powered analysts directly against your ontology. Conversational intelligence, automated reporting, anomaly detection, and operational automation — all within Swiss jurisdiction.
For: any Vanguard or Core customer
04Ithildin Alpine
Tactical edge vision and sensor fusion.
Process camera feeds, IoT telemetry, and sensor data at the edge. AI-powered object detection and situational awareness without centralizing raw data. Results feed directly into the ontology.
For: Border security · Critical infrastructure · Defense installations
05Ithildin Canvas
Build operational apps on your ontology — without code.
Drag-and-drop application builder. Combine ontology data streams, Enigma AI modules, and visualization widgets into custom operational dashboards and internal portals.
For: Enterprise operations teams · Analysts · Commanders
06Ithildin Argent
Swiss tax & compliance, automated.
Corporate tax across all 26 cantons and federal direct tax, with OECD Pillar Two, patent box, and R&D modelling — plus a multi-entity finance manager. Indicative estimates, not tax advice.
For: Swiss AGs · Groups · Finance & tax teams
07Ithildin Aegis
Sovereign web security, scanned from Switzerland.
Outward web attack-surface scanning, hardening, and continuous monitoring. Grade a site's security posture in seconds — then close the gaps. Distinct from Shield's inward compliance perimeter.
For: Businesses · Websites · Enterprises · Individuals
Pipeline
08Ithildin Nexus
Your legacy systems, unified.
Automated data extraction pipelines for SAP, Oracle, Abacus, Bexio, and legacy databases. Transform siloed ERP data into live ontology entities in real time.
For: Manufacturing · Banking · Retail · Healthcare · Logistics
09Ithildin Fortress
Continuous delivery to bunkers.
Infrastructure-as-code deployment for Swiss Government Cloud, air-gapped installations, and hardened enterprise environments. Full offline capability.
For: VBS · armasuisse · NDB · Kommando Cyber · Critical infrastructure
10Ithildin Shield
Compliance perimeter, managed.
Compliance-as-a-Service for Swiss enterprises. Deploy into infrastructure engineered to FADP, FINMA-circular, and ISG requirements — inherit our security posture.
For: FinTech · HealthTech · GovTech · InsurTech · Defense contractors
11Ithildin Zenith
Eyes above. Decisions below.
Satellite imagery, drone integration, and geospatial intelligence — processed and correlated within the Ithildin ontology for tactical situational awareness.
For: Border security · Environmental monitoring · Military reconnaissance
12Ithildin Forge
Production optimized. Supply chains secured.
AI-driven supply chain intelligence and manufacturing optimization. Map supplier networks, predict disruptions, and optimize defense production throughput.
For: Defense manufacturing · Aerospace · Pharmaceutical · Precision engineering
13Ithildin Hearth COMING SOON
The data center, distributed into Swiss homes.
Sealed liquid-cooled AI compute nodes in new-build homes, aggregated into a managed sovereign edge data center. Homeowners earn credits; waste heat warms the house.
For: Homebuilders · Property managers · Utilities · Cloud & AI customers
14Ithildin Icarus COMING SOON
Sovereign compute, powered by the sun.
A national sovereign-compute fabric — utility-scale solar and storage feeding federated compute that powers every Hearth node and Aquila drone. Swiss soil, nothing leaves the country.
For: Confederation · Cantons · BFE · Utilities · Critical operators
15Ithildin Aquila COMING SOON
An autonomous aerial mesh, encrypted at the sensor.
Self-charging AI drones docked at Hearth nodes give continuous coverage of residential, industrial, political and border zones. Footage is encrypted at the sensor — only a lawful watchlist match decrypts a single record.
For: fedpol · BAZG (Customs and Border Security) · Cantonal police · Critical sites
03 — Canvas

Build operational apps
on your ontology.

Ithildin Canvas is the enterprise application builder that turns your ontology into operational software. Drag data streams, AI agents, and visualization widgets into custom dashboards — deployed instantly to your tenant namespace with full RBAC and classification enforcement.

Drag

Visual component palette. Ontology queries, Enigma agents, KPI cards, charts, maps, and data tables — drag into position. No code required.

Build

Compose multi-page applications with tab navigation, conditional layouts, and role-based visibility. Your analysts become your developers.

Deploy

One-click deployment to tenant namespace. Applications inherit ontology RBAC, classification, and audit semantics automatically. Swiss-hosted.

Explore Canvas
04 — The Ontology

Data is not the answer.
The Ontology is.

Most organizations drown in data lakes. Spreadsheets, dashboards, reports — viewed, then ignored. The gap between insight and action is filled by people manually copying numbers between systems.

The Ithildin Ontology eliminates that gap. It maps every data source — command-and-control systems, sensor feeds, intelligence reports, logistics, financial transactions — to the real-world objects they represent. A tank. A unit. A shipment. A suspect. And to the actions those objects support. Deploy. Transfer. Escalate. Approve. Decisions stop being PDFs. They become operations.

05 — Why Switzerland, why now

Sovereignty is no longer a preference.
It is a procurement requirement.

European data is increasingly subject to extraterritorial claims. Ithildin is built so the question of who can compel access to yours never has to be asked.

i. Sovereignty

Swiss data stays in Switzerland.

No CLOUD Act exposure. No FISA 702. Hosted on Swiss-jurisdiction infrastructure or on customer premises.

ii. Neutrality

Built and operated by Swiss citizens with PSP clearances.

No foreign parent company. No foreign board oversight. No conflict-of-interest question marks at a Swiss procurement review.

iii. Compliance

FADP-native. ISG classification handling.

Native support for INTERN, VERTRAULICH, GEHEIM. ISO 27001 and IEC 62443 roadmap. FINMA-aligned for the financial sector.

06 — Engagements

Engagements with Swiss federal, cantonal, and critical-infrastructure partners are confidential by default.

Procurement (armasuisse) · procurement@ithildin.ch General · contact@ithildin.ch Press · press@ithildin.ch

Briefings are by introduction.

We work with a small number of operators at a time. Reach out via procurement (armasuisse), through an existing advisor, or directly.