Dust key facts
Last updated- Legal entity
- Permutation Labs
- Headquarters
- France (FR)
- Ownership
- Part of Permutation Labs
- Data hosting
- EU (any EU region)
- Infrastructure
- Google Cloud Platform
- Open source
- No
- US Cloud Act exposure
- Exposed
- Replaces
- OpenAI Enterprise API, Microsoft Azure AI Studio, Amazon Bedrock, Glean, Coveo
About Dust
Dust (operated by Permutation Labs) is a Paris-based enterprise AI platform designed to transform internal company data into actionable knowledge through AI agents. The platform allows organizations to deploy specialized, no-code AI assistants that connect directly to internal tools like Notion, Slack, and GitHub, while maintaining strict data privacy standards. The service is built on a model-agnostic architecture, enabling companies to utilize various Large Language Models (LLMs) while ensuring that customer data is never used for training external models. Dust emphasizes European digital sovereignty by offering European hosting options and strict GDPR compliance, positioning itself as a secure alternative to US-centric enterprise search and AI orchestration tools.
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