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DWS IQ Aegis

Sovereign Enterprise AI Platform

Available August 2026
From €59,990
Onboarding + Integration, plus €999/mo subscription. Three tiers: Standard, Defence, Sovereign.

Named after Athena's shield — Aegis provides protection through intelligence. A single-tenant sovereign AI platform deployed on Finnish infrastructure, covering all 21 EU-regulated industries including dual-use critical raw materials. Dedicated Kubernetes cluster per customer. No shared tenancy. No US cloud. No CLOUD Act exposure.

EDIP-Ready: Built for the EU Defence Industrial Programme

The European Commission adopted a €1.5 billion EDIP work programme (30 March 2026). €700M+ for production ramp-up, €240M for joint procurement, €100M for defence SME equity. Aegis meets all EDIP Article 9 eligibility requirements.

EDIP Article 9 eligibility criteria and Aegis compliance status.
EU EstablishmentFinland (Lifetime Oy, Y-tunnus 0772407-9) PASS
Third-Country ControlNone — Finnish-owned, no US parent PASS
Buy European (65%)UpCloud Helsinki, EU-only stack PASS
Defence Supply Chain21 regulated industries including dual-use CRM PASS
EDIP Compliance StackETS + CBAM + CSRD + NIS2 + EU AI Act + dual-use export control (Reg. 2021/821)

Why Aegis

Sovereignty posture — three-pillar universal model

Aegis is the EU-origin enterprise's full-sovereign execution of the universal three-pillar × three-jurisdiction sovereignty model. See Sovereignty Field Note #2 for the full taxonomy.

Pillar coverage. Aegis serves the J1 (EU) jurisdiction with all three pillars at full EU-sovereign (Tier 1 vendor class). Quantum-readiness path via Rightful Oy R-Sac².
Data Sovereignty (KYA SIB-track)Full — EU residency, EU-only access path, Finnish-owned infrastructure, zero CLOUD Act exposure PASS
Technology Sovereignty (KYA CSB-track)Full — UpCloud + open Kubernetes + open Postgres stack; algorithm-rotation supported; no proprietary lock-in PASS
Operational Sovereignty (KYA EAB-track)Full — Finnish escalation, EU-only on-call, Firecracker MicroVM isolation, hardware kill-switch authority PASS
Jurisdiction emphasisJ1 (EU) primary. J2 (US) and J3 (Singapore) market access via Connect tier.
Quantum readiness (R-Sac²)R-Sac²-ready surface — Rightful Oy partnership instrument available for HNDL exposure assessment and NIST PQC migration (FIPS 203 / 204 / 205) before the 2030–2035 cutover

Technical Specifications

Deployment ModelSingle-tenant Kubernetes (Helm chart) EU Sovereign
InfrastructureUpCloud Managed Kubernetes (UKS), Helsinki DC (fi-hel1 / fi-hel2)
SovereigntyFinnish-owned (Tesi-backed), ISO 27001, CISPE member, EU-only staff access
CLOUD Act ExposureNone — no US parent company, no US-owned infrastructure
KubernetesCNCF-conformant, full Helm support, HPA + VPA + Cluster Autoscaler
SLA99.999% (UpCloud infrastructure)
DatabaseUpCloud Managed PostgreSQL + pgvector (HA, automated backups, Helsinki DC)
Cache / QueueUpCloud Managed Valkey/Redis
GPUNVIDIA L40S nodes available for local LLM inference
EgressZero cost (UpCloud Essentials)
Load BalancerIncluded (UpCloud Managed)
Agent IsolationFirecracker MicroVM per agent (KYA v1.4)
AI Agents21+ industrial AI agents across 21 verticals (same codebase as DWS IQ 6)
CLI Accessdws CLI — all agents manageable via command line
EU AI ActArticle 12 logging, reasoning lineage, Aiwen compliance layer
ComplianceGDPR, NIS2, EU AI Act, CER Directive, EU CRM Act, KRITIS, dual-use export control (Reg. 2021/821)
Certifications RoadmapISO 27001 (Q3 2026), SOC 2 Type II (Q4 2026)
Security AuditPiTuKri Audited Traficom NCSC-FI cloud security criteria v1.1 — 11 subdivisions, 52 criteria assessed

Agents Included

AgentCapability
ComplianceAgentEU regulatory compliance (CSRD, ETS, CBAM, Fit for 55, EU AI Act)
SovereigntyMonitorCLOUD Act exposure detection, EU data residency verification
ArgusAgentOrbital intelligence — SAR satellite industrial target detection
SiteSenseAgentSite safety scoring, weather risk, worker capacity
MaterialOracleEmbodied carbon tracking, sustainable procurement
ScheduleGeniusTimeline optimization, resource allocation
CustomerSatCustomer health scoring, churn prediction
ViabilityUnit economics, financial health, LTV
QualityGateDeployment readiness, quality scoring
EmissionsDataAnalystEmissions analysis with EU regulatory context
LogisticsAgentFleet compliance, route optimization, supply chain carbon
ConstructionAgentConstruction project compliance orchestration
KYA EngineKnow Your Agent — identity, isolation, kill authority
Article12LoggerEU AI Act audit trails for all AI decisions
CrossVerticalIntelSupply chain signal propagation — detects compliance cascades across 21 industries
GaiaAgentCement, lime & earth materials — dual-use critical raw material assessment
VulcanAgentSteel & metals — ETS Phase 4, CBAM carbon declarations
+ 5 moreSales outreach, deep wiki extraction, compliance research, designer, Hermes logistics

Target Market

Competitive Positioning

CompetitorGap Aegis Fills
Palantir AIPUS-based, CLOUD Act exposed. Not EU-sovereign. No EU AI Act compliance.
Anduril LatticeHardware-focused. No compliance agents. US-only.
C3.aiDashboard platform, not agent outcomes. US-hosted.
Big 4 consultingAdvisory only. No autonomous agents. No orbital intelligence.

Case Study: Cross-Vertical Dual-Use Signal Detection

A factory fire at a Nordic lime facility. Local news dismissed it. Aegis traced the downstream cascade in seconds.

Signal StageIndustryImpact
1. TriggerLime (critical raw material)Facility disruption — supply concentration risk
2. UpstreamSteelFlux shortage → CBAM cost spike for non-EU steel imports
3. MidstreamCementCalcination feedstock constraint → clinker bottleneck
4. DownstreamConstructionEmbodied carbon increase → CSRD E1 disclosure gap
5. RegulatoryCross-verticalCER Act blind spot identified — mineral processing not covered

Five industries. Four EU regulations. One signal chain. Deterministic scoring — no LLM hallucination. Every data point verifiable from public EU sources.

Pricing

TierOnboarding + IntegrationMonthlyIncluded
Aegis Standard€59,990€999/mo18 agents, dedicated K8s cluster, Article 12 logging, KYA governance, standard support
Aegis Defence€89,990€1,999/moEverything in Standard + NVIDIA L40S GPU, ArgusAgent SAR, priority support (4h SLA), EDIP compliance reporting
Aegis SovereignCustom€4,999/moEverything in Defence + air-gapped / on-premises option, security clearance support, dedicated engineering team, custom SLA

Distribution

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The Full Picture

The DWS sovereign stack — every layer, one ecosystem.

This product is one piece. The whole stack ties together: sovereign hardware at the edge, on-premise inference, an EU service team, and the recurring NVIDIA-model relationship that compounds. Pick the next rung you need.

Related products — the full ladder

Sensor edge — NVIDIA Jetson tier Operations & situation command — NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Platform · subscription · service
Every box ships with on-site install + operator training + 24/7 technical support + warranty servicing + remote configuration. The NVIDIA models compound monthly. Lifetime Oy is an NVIDIA Connect ISV (approved 2026-03-08) and NVIDIA Inception applicant on the Sovereign EU Edge AI track. Finnish / EU B2B pricing (VAT 0 % reverse charge).

DWS IQ 6 platform — 25 EU-regulated industries (Aegis activates 21 for dual-use)

The wider DWS IQ 6 platform covers 25 EU-regulated industries (see INDUSTRIES.md). The Aegis defence/dual-use tier activates 21 of them — excluding consumer-facing verticals like Healthcare, Financial Services, and Public Sector that aren't relevant to defence supply chains. The same sovereign topology — sensor edge → operations command → situation command, wrapped in service — repeats across every EU-regulated industry. Different bundle per workload, same moat underneath.

1. Construction
Site safety dispatch (SiteSense vision + Whisper + Llama Nemotron Super) · EPBD / CSRD report generation · BIM-aware reasoning
2. Cement
Emissions intensity (kgCO₂ / t cement) · ETS allowance calculation · CBAM exports · kiln anomaly detection
3. Steel
CBAM origin tracking · energy carrier optimisation · ETS · scrap composition vision
4. Aluminium
CBAM imports compliance · smelter energy logs · ETS · pot-line vision QA
5. Chemicals
REACH dossier drafting · hazardous incident response triage · process safety event RAG
6. Pharmaceuticals
GMP batch release Article 12 · clinical trial protocol compliance · GxP sovereign log
7. Healthcare (hospitals)
Local-data triage assist · GDPR-safe dictation (Nemotron Speech) · sovereign EHR Q&A
8. Defence / dual-use
Drone detection (YOLOv8-x + acoustic + Cosmos Reason 2) · export-control screening · Reg 2021/821 reasoning
9. Energy / electricity grid
Balancing forecasts · NIS2 24 h incident reports · sovereign DSO/TSO telemetry
10. Oil & gas
Pipeline anomaly detection · sanctions screening · sovereign well-log RAG
11. Nuclear
IAEA reporting prep · operational safety log analysis · air-gapped reactor twin
12. Water utilities
Leak detection on local SCADA · sovereign customer + meter data · NIS2 incident logging
13. Telecommunications
NIS2 24 h incident reports · sovereign call-metadata analysis · BGP / DNS anomaly triage
14. Banking / finance
DORA operational resilience · MiFID II call-log review · sovereign KYC RAG
15. Insurance
Claims triage on local PII · fraud signal detection · sovereign claimant document Q&A
16. Maritime / shipping
MRV CO₂ reporting · port operations dispatch · sovereign AIS & cargo manifests
17. Aviation
EU ETS aviation reporting · NOTAM-aware dispatch · sovereign passenger / crew data
18. Rail
Predictive maintenance · ERTMS sovereign telemetry · NIS2 incident reports
19. Logistics & customs
Declaration assist · dual-use export checking · sovereign carrier manifests
20. Agriculture
CAP compliance · traceability of crop inputs · EUDR due diligence
21. Food processing
HACCP audit assist · allergen tracing · sovereign batch genealogy
22. Forestry / pulp & paper
EUDR deforestation due diligence · chain of custody · sovereign harvest plans
23. Mining
CRMA reporting (critical raw materials) · safety dispatch · sovereign assay data
24. Government / civil defence (VPK)
Drone defence dual-use · dispatch + incident report generation · sovereign citizen data
25. Education / research
Sovereign research data · intra-EU collaboration without cloud LLMs · EU AI Act literacy training