Codesphere delivers the platform layer for Germany’s sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure initiative, enabling secure, open‑source, and vendor‑independent services. By partnering with STACKIT and SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH, it underpins a €250 million government tender aimed at building a national AI and cloud ecosystem. The solution focuses on providing a unified, scalable foundation for public‑sector workloads while maintaining strict data sovereignty.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Government and enterprise users often depend on proprietary cloud services that limit data sovereignty, lock in vendors, and pose security and compliance challenges for critical AI workloads.
Solution
Codesphere delivers a platform layer that underpins Germany’s sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, offering a secure, open‑source stack that is independent of any single vendor. The platform provides standardized APIs, container orchestration, and AI model serving components designed for strict data protection and regulatory compliance. By abstracting the underlying hardware, it enables public and private cloud operators to host sensitive workloads while maintaining full control over data residency and security policies. The open‑source nature allows continuous community auditing and rapid adaptation to emerging standards, ensuring the infrastructure remains resilient and future‑proof.
Target Audience
Primary customers are German federal agencies, defense and public sector organizations, as well as cloud service providers and large enterprises requiring sovereign, secure AI infrastructure.
Features
- Open‑source core components for compute, storage, and networking, eliminating vendor lock‑in
- Built‑in security modules supporting encryption at rest, secure key management, and audit logging
- Compliance‑ready architecture aligned with German and EU data protection regulations
- Container orchestration and AI model serving frameworks optimized for high‑performance, low‑latency workloads
- Standardized APIs and integration hooks for seamless interoperability with existing cloud services
- Modular design that can be deployed across public, private, and hybrid environments