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How startups in regulated industries are using AI
PONS developed a legal AI platform on Microsoft Azure designed for regulated industries, focusing on data separation, managed services, and enforceable compliance controls.
Why it matters
This architecture ensures that sensitive legal data remains private and isolated from public training data, meeting the strict security and compliance needs of law firms.
The details
The PONS Data Factory collects and indexes public legislation, case law, and precedents. The AI Engine uses Azure OpenAI and scales independently via Azure Queue Storage. PONS maintains SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR-related controls. Customer documents are processed independently and never enter the Data Factory.
What's next
PONS is currently conducting active pilots of its platform in industries beyond law firms and in-house legal teams.
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PONS owns PONS Data Factory
PONS owns PONS AI Engine
PONS uses Microsoft Azure
PONS built its legal AI platform running on Microsoft Azure, EU-hosted.
PONS uses Azure App Service
Azure App Service runs PONS's application, so the team does not operate servers or hand-roll deployments.
PONS uses Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database holds PONS's structured data, with EU residency pinned to Sweden Central.
PONS uses Microsoft Azure Storage
Microsoft Azure Storage holds structured data and customer files with EU residency pinned to Sweden Central.
PONS uses Azure Key Vault
Azure Key Vault keeps secrets and certificates out of PONS's application code.
PONS uses Azure App Configuration
Azure App Configuration holds PONS's shared, non-sensitive settings.
PONS uses Azure Web PubSub
Azure Web PubSub pushes results and notifications back to PONS's web application in real time.
PONS AI Engine uses Azure Queue Storage
The backend publishes work to an Azure Queue Storage queue that the AI Engine polls, so it scales independently of the request path.
PONS AI Engine uses Azure OpenAI
The PONS AI Engine is powered by Azure OpenAI.
PONS uses Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft Foundry hosts the fine-tuned and supporting models behind the Data Factory and AI Engine.
Customer data is encrypted with AES-256 before it reaches the database, at rest, and in transit.
PONS Data Factory is built with Vector Embeddings
The Data Factory adds semantic metadata, hierarchical structure, vector embeddings, and source-linked references to the legal corpus.
Tobias Zimmergren works at PONS
CTO and technical co-founder of PONS.
Microsoft is a partner of PONS
Through Microsoft for Startups, PONS accessed Startup credits, technical guidance, and timely introductions while developing its EU-hosted Azure architecture.
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