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Sovereign French communication suite with end-to-end encrypted messaging, HD video conferencing, webinars, and white-label deployment for governments and sensitive enterprises.
European messaging & chat alternative based in France.
Private Discuss is a sovereign French collaboration suite combining end-to-end encrypted instant messaging, HD audio and video calls, enterprise webinars, and secure file sharing under the motto "Your Data. Your Servers. Your Control." It gives governments, defence contractors, and regulated businesses a full Slack-and-Zoom replacement without exposing data to non-European vendors.
The platform pairs classic real-time collaboration with advanced AI capabilities including live translation, meeting summaries, and deepfake detection, while keeping encryption keys exclusively in customer hands. White-label customisation and both SaaS and on-premises deployment models let organisations brand the product and host it inside their own infrastructure.
Key benefits:
- End-to-end encryption with customer-held keys blocks vendor-side access entirely
- HD webinars and conferencing scale to crisis rooms and C-level meetings
- AI assistants deliver translation, summaries, and deepfake detection securely
- White-label deployment lets public bodies brand the platform as their own
- On-premises option keeps all data inside customer-controlled infrastructure
- Cross-platform clients cover Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and web
Headquartered in Lyon, France, with additional European offices, Private Discuss aligns with GDPR and French public-sector security standards, and is operated under French jurisdiction outside the reach of extraterritorial cloud laws such as the US CLOUD Act. This makes it a natural fit for the French state and allied administrations.
Used by the French Ministries of Defence and Finance, the Cour des Comptes, and major defence contractors, Private Discuss is ideal for governments and sensitive enterprises that need confidential communications for C-level, crisis, and classified collaboration.
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