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Getting started with the relaxAI API: Sovereign, cost-effective AI

Earlier this year, we launched relaxAI, an AI assistant designed with one paramount focus: your privacy. We’re now excited to announce the relaxAI API is in General Availability (GA) offering an OpenAI interface. This gives UK organizations up to 90% cost savings versus leading providers while ensuring data never leaves UK jurisdiction.

Are Egress Fees Holding Your AI Business Back?

For AI companies, the landscape of cloud computing has always been a balancing act between innovation, costs, and compliance. That’s where Civo comes in. Offering a full cloud offering with GPUs, but without the usual headaches, Civo provides a rare combination: true data sovereignty and zero data egress charges. Let’s break down why these two features should be non-negotiables for your AI infrastructure.

Understanding GPUs for AI success: Insights from our panel discussion

This blog is based on the webinar, “Panel Discussion: Understanding the importance of GPUs for AI success”, you can watch the full recording by clicking here! Last week, we hosted a panel discussion surrounding the importance of GPUs for AI success that featured Kunal Kushwaha (Field CTO), Ben Norris (AI Engineer), and Kendall Miller (Strategic Business Development).

Is your cloud data truly sovereign? The CLOUD Act & FISA 702 reality check

As UK public sector bodies, financial institutions, and enterprises accelerate cloud adoption, a pivotal question emerges: Who truly controls your data, and under which laws? With data breaches and regulatory scrutiny intensifying, storing data and workloads in a host country alone doesn't guarantee sovereignty. U.S.

Grafana Cloud updates: deeper insights in Kubernetes Monitoring, Adaptive Metrics updates, and more

We consistently roll out helpful updates and fun features in Grafana Cloud, our fully managed observability platform powered by the open source Grafana LGTM Stack: Loki for logs, Grafana for visualization, Tempo for traces, and Mimir for metrics. In case you missed them, here’s our monthly round-up of the latest and greatest updates in Grafana Cloud. You can also check out our What’s new in Grafana Cloud documentation to explore all the latest features. Not a Grafana Cloud user yet?

Vendor lock-in and the fight for UK digital sovereignty

To read more on the findings from this research, visit the Digital Sovereignty Revolution whitepaper by clicking here. For years, global hyperscalers have been the backbone of cloud infrastructure for UK businesses. Their scale, reach, and performance made them the default choice. But as geopolitical uncertainty grows and concerns around data governance deepen, the cracks in this model are beginning to show.

Less Overhead, More Impact: The Cycle Approach

Every company is now a software company. While the industry gets caught up in buzzwords and complexity, the core question remains: How can my organization reduce costs without creating long-term problems, and without giving up security or speed? The Cycle platform was built to answer this. It offers a lower total cost of ownership, simplifies operations at scale through automation and standards, and is secure by default without slowing down development.