Working in a trusted environment while benefiting from the features of a cloud tailored for generative AI

Founded in 2016, LightOn is a French company and a pioneer in the field of AI, particularly generative AI. For nearly 10 years, its engineers have been dedicated to developing and continuously improving cutting-edge generative AI solutions that are made available to businesses. These companies can benefit from a private and customizable platform to maximize the potential of AI across various industries. With nearly a decade of experience, LightOn is acutely aware that in their sector, speed is essential due to intense and global competition.

"In our field, many things need to be calculated to see what works and what doesn't," explains Igor Carron, CEO & co-founder of LightOn. "This technology changes about every two weeks."

"To go faster, it's very simple: we need a lot of GPUs (graphics processing units) grouped together in the same place and benefiting from very good interconnection," adds Iacopo Poli, CTO of LightOn.

To stay at the forefront, LightOn therefore sought a cloud designed for generative AI that is secure, powerful, and high-performing.

Objectives

Having much greater computing capacity
Deploying new models at maximum speed
Benefiting from a trusted cloud that hosts data in France

To stand out in a highly competitive environment, LightOn needed a sovereign, reliable, highly available, and powerful cloud.

A cloud for generative AI that brings together many key advantages

After testing several providers, LightOn chose Orange Business and its Cloud Avenue solution. For Igor Carron, the supplier is an essential partner that reassures both LightOn and its clients. "Orange Business is a mark of quality for many French companies," he says. "The main idea is that everything will be done ethically, especially given the strong demand for security and trust."

Why does Cloud Avenue win the support of companies seeking innovation? Simply because it is a cloud designed for generative AI. Indeed, Cloud Avenue offers high-performance servers equipped with high-bandwidth GPUs, ideal for efficiently managing the intensive computational tasks required for training and inference of generative AI models.

Moreover, our range of Cloud Avenue offerings addresses clients' sovereignty concerns with data centers operated and managed by Orange in France. Businesses and public organizations highly value this digital sovereignty. Thus, Cloud Avenue complies with European standards such as GDPR and is certified ISO 27001, ISO 27017, and ISO 27018. Our Cloud Avenue SecNum solution has obtained the SecNumCloud qualification 3.2 issued by ANSSI, for its dedicated and shared IaaS environments.

High availability (around 99.99%), power, reliability, trust… but not just that. This cloud tailored for generative AI also demonstrates a high level of energy efficiency. Cloud Avenue minimizes water consumption and emits 43% less CO2 than Orange Business’s previous generation offering.

Cloud Avenue

Innovate securely with a cloud designed for generative AI

One of the major strengths of Cloud Avenue is its guarantees regarding data security. "The first question our clients ask is: where will my data be stored? To which I reply that Cloud Avenue is hosted in France with Orange Business. And the discussion ends there!" says Iacopo Poli.

LightOn's CTO also praises the technical capabilities of Cloud Avenue, which enable work under unprecedented conditions. "We have access to multiple nodes with very high-performance GPUs and excellent interconnection." Innovation is thus truly facilitated. "Since we started using Cloud Avenue, all our engineers have an environment where they can conduct their experiments. This gives them a lot of freedom in their daily work," assures Iacopo Poli.

The Orange Business cloud for generative AI also lives up to its promises in terms of speed. "Without such good connectivity, some calculations could take months. By using several well-cabled machines, we can perform these calculations in just a few weeks," notes Igor Carron. Impressive!

What customer says about us

Iacopo Poli – CTO of LightOn

"With Orange Business, we have regular support, and the Cloud Avenue support team is responsive. We work very well together."

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