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Owkin: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Owkin is an AI company for biology and medicine. Its platform combines a network of patient data, an AI scientist and validation in its own laboratory. The main product, K Pro, is described by the company as a decision-making tool for the pharmaceutical industry that works as a co-pilot or autopilot during drug development. Owkin also provides data and validation services and works with pharmaceutical companies.

Owkin is generally described as a French-American company headquartered in Paris, with offices in New York and Geneva. The website's copyright line reads Owkin, Inc.; the privacy policy names Owkin Inc., Owkin France, Owkin UK, Owkin (Switzerland) and Epkin as group entities, with the legal department in Paris. The website does not state where customer data is hosted. For transfers outside the EEA the privacy policy relies on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses. A European customer should establish in advance which group entity is the contracting party and where data is processed.

Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 10, 2026
HeadquartersFR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryAI
TypeProduct
Websiteowkin.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Owkin

The European alternatives to Owkin come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Owkin

Owkin is headquartered in FR and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Owkin scores best on data residency.

Owkin is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Owkin?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Owkin include Aleph Alpha, Almato and Almawave. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Owkin?

Our list of EU alternatives to Owkin is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Owkin GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Owkin is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Owkin an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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