As organisations adopt AI more widely, many face increasing pressure to ensure their operations remain within European jurisdiction. Solita FunctionAI is a customisable LLM platform that can be deployed in a customer’s chosen environment. Now, Solita is enabling FunctionAI to be deployed on UpCloud, the European cloud service provider, so customers can keep building, testing and scaling AI capabilities under EU jurisdiction.
“European organisations shouldn’t have to choose between sovereignty and innovation. With FunctionAI on UpCloud, customers can keep developing their AI capabilities without compromising control, compliance, or their ability to innovate. Customer needs aren’t identical, and neither are the rules they operate under. UpCloud strengthens our sovereign deployment options while keeping FunctionAI flexible across environments,” says Ossi Lindroos, CEO of Solita.
“This exciting opportunity to deploy FunctionAI on UpCloud makes it easier for organisations to adopt AI under full EU jurisdiction without sacrificing scalability or innovation. Together with our partner Solita, we will continue to develop sovereign AI offerings that create tangible value for customers across Europe,” says Arno Schäfer, CEO of UpCloud.
A practical route to sovereign AI in the cloud
With FunctionAI deployed on UpCloud, organisations ensure strong control over their data and governance while developing AI for real business use cases, from automation and analysis to decision support and customer-facing services.
“FunctionAI is built for organisations that want control and the freedom to develop AI capabilities that fit their reality. Deploying it on UpCloud means teams can develop and operate AI in the cloud while keeping data, governance and oversight where customers need them. That removes a major blocker for many organisations that have been unsure how to move forward,” says Lasse Girs, Head of AI Transformation at Solita.
Choice stays central: More deployment options for FunctionAI
Solita continues to develop platform agnostic solutions for customers with leading hyperscalers and now also with UpCloud. Customers can deploy FunctionAI in the environment that best matches their needs and select the large language models (LLMs) of their choice. UpCloud adds an EU sovereign option for organisations and workloads where jurisdiction, regulation or risk posture make that requirement non-negotiable.
About Solita FunctionAI
Solita FunctionAI is a modular large language model (LLM) platform designed to accelerate the adoption of generative AI across industries. It combines security, scalability, and flexibility, allowing organisations to keep their data safe, control costs, and to build accelerators across business functions. FunctionAI became available for Solita customers starting October 2025.
About UpCloud
UpCloud is a European cloud platform known for its performance, transparent pricing, and strong data sovereignty principles. All data, operations, and infrastructure remain within EU jurisdiction. Solita and UpCloud announced a strategic partnership in September 2025 to offer customers a European cloud alternative focused on performance, security and digital sovereignty.
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- UpCloud partnership
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- Solita introduces FunctionAI – a secure, modular LLM platform
- Solita partners with UpCloud to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty
For more information
- Solita, Ossi Lindroos, CEO, [email protected], +358 40 750 7637
- Solita, Lasse Girs, Head of AI Transformation, [email protected], +358 40 591 8106
- Solita Finland, Kimmo Kekkonen, Head of Concepts and Strategy, Solita Cloud Platform, [email protected], +358 50 994 3221
- Solita Sweden, Rebecca Hammel, SVP, Cloud Development, [email protected], +46 761 69 31 23
- Solita Denmark, Snurre Jensen, Sales director, Data & AI, [email protected], +45 226 582 38
- Solita Germany, Florian Disson, Executive Vice President Germany, [email protected], +49 172 186 0179
UpCloud, Arno Schäfer, CEO, [email protected], +49 173 993 9991
UpCloud, Joel Pihlajamaa, Founder and CTO, [email protected], +358 50 54 9675