# When AI runs Europe, who runs the AI?

We’ve spent years building data and AI across Denmark and Europe, watching one dependency harden after another. AI is different. The United States has made that clear. China has made that clear. You cannot stand strong in this century on AI you do not control — and for the first time in a generation, Europe has both the reason and the moment to build its own. The window is closing faster than most realise. It is open now. It will not be open long.

As AI moves into our hospitals, our courts, our defence, our schools — can we afford for the switch to sit in Washington?

## The last 18 months, in twelve moments.

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Editorial September 2024

### Three American firms run 70% of Europe’s cloud — and almost all of its AI.

Mario Draghi’s verdict to the European Parliament: only four of the world’s top fifty tech companies are European. “It is too late,” he writes, to challenge American cloud providers. Without radical reform, the EU faces “slow agony.”

The Draghi Report · Brussels
01 / 12
Field Note December 2024

### Denmark warns: digital society is now “extremely vulnerable.”

The expert group on tech giants reports: dependence on a handful of foreign suppliers is no longer a procurement question. It is a national security one. Minister Bodskov: “we need to fence in the tech giants.”

Danish Expert Group · Copenhagen
02 / 12
Rupture January 2025

### Trump refuses to rule out military force against Greenland.

Two weeks before inauguration, the president-elect threatens “very high tariffs” on Denmark. The shock in Copenhagen is total.

Mar-a-Lago · Press Conference
03 / 12
Rupture May 2025

### Microsoft cuts off the ICC chief prosecutor’s email.

A US tech company, complying with a US executive order, disables the digital life of an officer of an international tribunal in the Netherlands. The “kill switch” stops being theoretical.

Associated Press · The Hague
04 / 12
Regulation June 2025

### Microsoft admits under oath: it cannot guarantee European sovereignty.

Even data on European soil, with European staff, encrypted with European keys — US authorities can compel disclosure under the CLOUD Act. The legal fiction collapses.

French Senate Hearing · Paris
05 / 12
Field Note June 2025

### Copenhagen’s Microsoft bill jumps 72% in five years.

From 313 to 538 million Danish kroner. Copenhagen and Aarhus announce they will leave Microsoft entirely. The minister of emergency tells companies: “create exit plans for cloud services.”

Copenhagen Municipality · Finance Report
06 / 12
Regulation Summer 2025

### A Danish minister tells industry: prepare your exit plans for cloud services.

Caroline Stage Olsen begins moving her ministry off Microsoft 365. The minister of emergency preparedness urges every Danish company to do the same. Continued dependence is now classified as a vulnerability.

Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs
07 / 12
Rupture August 2025

### Trump threatens tariffs against any country with digital regulations.

“American technology is not the world’s piggy bank.” The DSA, the DMA, the AI Act — all reframed as discriminatory trade barriers. Chip export restrictions are added to the list of consequences.

Truth Social · Washington
08 / 12
Rupture January 2026

### Trump imposes tariffs on Denmark and seven European nations.

10% in February. 25% from June — until Denmark cedes Greenland. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, UK. The post-war alliance, weaponised.

Presidential Executive Order
09 / 12
Rupture January 2026

### Denmark names the United States as a national security threat.

For the first time in history, the official Danish threat assessment lists the US alongside Russia and China. Defence committee chair Rasmus Jarlov tells Washington: “You are the threat. Not them.”

Danish Defence Intelligence · FE
10 / 12
Product February 2026

### The court that prosecutes war crimes can no longer use American software.

The ICC migrates to OpenDesk — an open-source suite delivered by the German Centre for Digital Sovereignty. If a global tribunal cannot trust Microsoft, the implication for every other European institution is unavoidable.

Handelsblatt · The Hague
11 / 12
Regulation Q1 2026

### Europe drafts a sovereignty law as US firms still hold 70% of the cloud.

Europe writes rules for infrastructure it does not own. US hyperscalers add €10 billion of European capacity every quarter — more than Gaia-X spent in a decade. The servers stay in Texas. The AI models stay in California. The law changes neither.

European Commission · Brussels
12 / 12

How Fenja AI addresses this

For regulated environments

## Fenja AI — Secure & Sovereign, hosted where it belongs.

Fenja AI is a sovereign AI platform, enabling highly advanced AI capabilities hosted within the client’s own secure infrastructure.

Supported by Innovationsfonden

One complete platform

## The Fenja AI platform in four steps.

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The AI

### An open-source model, running on your own hardware.

A state-of-the-art open-source language model deployed directly in your environment. It gives you powerful AI capabilities with full control over data, performance, and security.

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The Knowledge

### The business context that makes AI understand your world.

A built-in knowledge layer that helps the platform understand your terminology, processes, and data. It retains what matters, improves over time, and gives the AI the context needed to deliver relevant and accurate results.

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The Tools

### How AI acts — not just what it knows.

The capabilities that let the platform do real work across your environment. From search and retrieval to data access, automation, and analysis, these are the tools the AI uses to solve tasks in practice.

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The Agents

### Specialized AI agents working together around real tasks.

Purpose-built agents designed to handle distinct roles and workflows. Fenja AI includes both ready-made agents and the framework to build new ones, so you can orchestrate AI the same way your organisation already works — through specialisation and coordination.

Introducing

## Project Bifrost

The bridge between an industrial-grade AI platform and the realities of regulated organisations — built with them, not just for them.

The invitation

## What being part of Project Bifrost means

Three ways to shape, to influence, and to build with the platform from the inside.

Be part of a

### Community

Shape the future together

Join a select community of organisations helping define the future of trusted sovereign AI in Denmark and Europe. At a time when Europe needs greater technological independence, this is an opportunity to contribute to an AI platform built on trust, shared ambition, and a common mission.

Be part of an

### Advisory Council

Turn insight into influence

Take part in regular advisory council sessions where your input directly shapes the product and platform roadmap. Gain first-hand insight into cutting-edge AI developments and help influence what is built, which capabilities are prioritised, and how the platform evolves to meet real organisational needs.

Be part of

### Pilot Projects

Access the platform before others

A select number of Project Bifrost participants will have the opportunity to join pilot projects and gain early access to the platform at a significantly reduced price, subsidised by the Innovation Fund. This gives your organisation the chance to explore cutting-edge sovereign AI early, realise value at low cost, and help shape the platform through real-world use.

Ready?

## Join us in shaping the future of trusted sovereign AI.

Built in Denmark. Supported by the Innovation Fund.

You’re in

## Thank you for joining Project Bifrost.

- The Fenja AI team will reach out to you shortly.
- You’ll receive an invitation to the project portal soon — where all project communication, materials, and updates will live.
- We’re currently setting the date for the first advisory council meeting. You’ll be invited as soon as it’s confirmed.
- We’ll be in touch shortly about your participation in the pilot project.