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Bring your own AI model — your key, your model, your endpoint

Run DataLion's AI features on the model you choose: store your own API key per workspace for HybridAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI or Mistral — optionally with your own model and a custom base URL pointing at a self-hosted or EU endpoint.

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DataLion Admin → AI: provider picker (HybridAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, Mistral), encrypted stored key and model field

With bring-your-own-model, under Admin → AI each workspace stores its own API key for HybridAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI or Mistral. Optionally you pick a model and set a custom base URL for OpenAI-compatible endpoints. Keys are encrypted at rest and scoped per tenant, so one workspace never shares another.

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Your own API key per workspace

Under Admin → AI, each workspace stores its own API key for one of five providers: HybridAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI or Mistral. So your AI runs on your contract and your billing.

Keys are encrypted at rest and scoped per tenant: one workspace's key is never shared with another — multi-tenancy safe by design.

  • Choice of provider: HybridAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI or Mistral
  • One key per workspace under Admin → AI
  • Keys encrypted at rest
  • Scoped per tenant — no key is ever shared

Optional model and custom base URL

Optionally you pick a specific model: the field loads the provider's /models endpoint into a dropdown using your stored key. For HybridAI it also loads the available bots and stores the selected chatbot.

For OpenAI-compatible endpoints you can set a custom base URL. That lets you point DataLion at a self-hosted, EU or on-premise model instead of an external cloud service.

  • Model dropdown loaded live from the provider's /models endpoint
  • For HybridAI: load available bots, store the chatbot
  • Optional custom base URL for OpenAI-compatible endpoints
  • Point at a self-hosted, EU or on-premise model

Effective model per request — with a platform default

DataLion resolves the effective model per request: your workspace's own settings first, the platform default otherwise. Resetting returns the workspace to the platform default — so BYOM is never required, there is always a default.

This is the model layer behind DataLion's AI features: the grounded "Ask your data" chat, AI survey generation and optimization, and AI sentiment & topic analysis all run on the model you choose.

  • Per-request resolution: workspace setting first, platform default otherwise
  • Resetting restores the platform default
  • Powers "Ask your data", AI survey generation and sentiment & topic analysis
  • Keep AI processing on an EU or on-premise endpoint

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Common questions about bringing your own AI model

Which AI providers can I use in DataLion?
One of five per workspace: HybridAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI or Mistral. Under Admin → AI you store your own API key for the chosen provider.
Are my API keys safely separated across tenants?
Yes. Keys are encrypted at rest and scoped per tenant. One workspace's key is never shared with another — it is multi-tenancy safe.
Can I select a specific model?
Optionally. The model field loads the provider's /models endpoint into a dropdown using your stored key. For HybridAI it also loads the available bots and stores the selected chatbot.
Can I connect a self-hosted or EU model?
Yes. For OpenAI-compatible endpoints you can set a custom base URL and point DataLion at a self-hosted, EU or on-premise model instead of an external cloud service.
Do I have to bring my own model?
No. DataLion resolves the effective model per request: your workspace's settings first, the platform default otherwise. Resetting returns the workspace to the platform default.

Run the AI on your model

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