LightOn is a Paris-based AI company specializing in secure, enterprise-grade Generative AI. Its flagship platform, Paradigm, enables private, on-prem or cloud-based deployment of large language models with support for Visual RAG (text + image understanding). LightOn focuses on data privacy, sovereignty, and compliance, making it ideal for public-sector and regulated industries. The company combines its own language models and photonic computing innovations, and in 2024, became the first European GenAI startup to go public. Key partners include Orange Business and HPE.