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Deep Cogito is a small, venture-backed San Francisco startup (founded June 2024) that fine-tunes and releases open-weight hybrid-reasoning LLMs (Cogito v1/v2) built on Meta Llama, Alibaba Qwen and DeepSeek base models. As a US-incorporated entity it is fully CLOUD Act exposed, has no EU legal presence, and — while it publishes a reasonably GDPR-conscious privacy policy — has not published any EU AI Act compliance statement, systemic-risk documentation, or security certifications, making its regulated-sector readiness largely unverified beyond its open-licensing posture.
US-incorporated entity with no EU/EEA legal presence; fully subject to CLOUD Act and potential FISA 702 compelled-access requests, with data processing described as occurring in the US and India only.
No published EU AI Act compliance statement, GPAI Code of Practice signatory status, or systemic-risk documentation could be found, leaving Article 53 transparency posture largely unverified.
No SOC 2, ISO 27001, penetration-testing disclosure, or bug bounty program identified; privacy policy only commits to generic 'reasonable' security measures.
Very small team (~11 employees per third-party data) and short operating history (founded June 2024) raise questions about long-term model support continuity.
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Publishes a clear, dated privacy policy stating it does not use chat/model inputs to train models and does not sell personal data, with explicit GDPR-style rights language for EU/UK residents.
Consistently releases open-weight model families (Cogito v1, v2, v2 Preview, v2.1) with accompanying research write-ups detailing training methodology and benchmark comparisons.
Uses permissive licensing (Apache 2.0) for a significant portion of its model lineup, enabling unrestricted enterprise use and inspection.
Backed by established venture investors (Benchmark, South Park Commons, Innovation Endeavors) and has raised follow-on funding, indicating continued operational runway.
Published safeguards & certifications