KNOWLEDGE HUB

Learn how the Plainsight AI Assistant works

Deep-dive articles on sovereignty, compliance, department environments, integrations, and pricing. Everything you need to evaluate an enterprise AI platform.

Platform

Plainsight AI Assistant vs Microsoft 365 Copilot: The Honest Comparison

The two overlap more than people expect. Nine capabilities side by side and what per-seat versus flat platform pricing means at 250, 1,000 and 2,500 people.

Platform

Self-Hosted LLMs: Running Your Own Models On-Premises

When running an open-weight model on your own GPUs beats a cloud API, what it takes operationally, and when it is honestly overkill.

Platform

Maximum Sovereignty: Model, Data & Commercial Freedom

What model, data, and commercial sovereignty mean in practice, and why it matters for your AI strategy.

Platform

How Department Environments Work

Each department gets its own AI assistant with isolated knowledge, custom rules, and separate access boundaries.

Platform

Custom Integrations: Connect Any Business System

Connect your AI assistant to any business system with an API. CRM, ERP, ticketing, internal tools, and more.

Platform

Company Knowledge (RAG): How Your Documents Become Instant Answers

Semantic search across your internal document library. Every answer includes source citations with links.

Platform

Multi-LLM Freedom: Why Locking Into One Model Is a Strategic Risk

Picking the best AI model is a 12-month decision in a 3-month market. Multi-LLM support is how you stay flexible without a migration project.

Platform

How We Build Agentic AI: The Plainsight SDLC

Building an AI assistant is not the same as building a chatbot. Three principles that separate practitioner-built platforms from marketing demos.

Platform

What Is RAG, Without the Buzzwords

A non-technical explanation of how AI uses your documents to give grounded answers, with citations. No jargon required.

Security & Compliance

AI Data Residency: What It Actually Requires

Where AI chat data actually goes, what GDPR requires, and the questions that tell you whether a vendor's residency story holds up.

Security & Compliance

What Counts as EU-Hosted AI (and What Doesn't)

An EU datacenter is not the same as EU jurisdiction. The four levels of EU-hosted AI, and how to tell marketing from architecture.

Security & Compliance

The Enterprise AI Compliance Checklist

Twelve checks your DPO and CISO will run on any enterprise AI tool. GDPR, EU AI Act, residency, access control, and audit, in one list.

Security & Compliance

Can an AI Assistant Run Fully Air-Gapped?

Yes. Platform, models, retrieval, and logs all inside your network, no internet at all. What still works, what changes, and who needs it.

Security & Compliance

EU AI Act Compliance: Risk Classification, Ownership & Human-in-the-Loop

What "EU AI Act ready" actually means. Risk classification per use case, department owners for accountability, and built-in safeguards.

Security & Compliance

GDPR & Data Residency: Where Your Data Lives

Your data stays in your own cloud tenant, in your region. No transatlantic transfers. No model training on your data.

Security & Compliance

From Shadow IT to Governed AI: A Playbook for CIOs

Most employees are already using AI without IT approval. Blocking does not work. Here is a four-week playbook to turn Shadow IT into governed adoption.

Security & Compliance

Sovereign AI in Europe: Your Deployment Options Compared

Public cloud, European-sovereign cloud, fully isolated on-premises, or air-gapped. What each option actually buys you, and how to choose.

Use Cases

AI Presentation Builder: From Brief to Boardroom

Generate branded slide decks with tables, charts, and speaker notes, all from a single prompt.

Use Cases

Data Analysis & Code Execution in the Chat

Upload a CSV, ask a question, get a chart. Sandboxed Python execution for data analysis without leaving the conversation.

Use Cases

Microsoft 365 Integration: Email, Calendar, Teams & More

Your AI assistant reads email, checks calendars, and manages tasks in Teams, using delegated permissions, not broad admin consent.

Use Cases

How AI Should Touch Your Inbox: Trust Patterns for M365

Connecting AI to email, calendar, and Teams is a trust problem before it is a plumbing problem. Three design patterns that keep it safe.

Use Cases

Ask Your AI to Analyse the Numbers: Sandboxed Code in Chat

Stop exporting CSVs to public AI tools. Upload, ask, and get a chart back. Sandboxed Python, no install, full audit trail.

Admin

The IT Admin Control Center: Full Visibility, Full Control

One dashboard for LLM management, department config, user management, cost monitoring, and audit trails.

Admin

Per-Department LLM Selection: Different Brains for Different Jobs

Not every department needs the same model. Run a reasoning-heavy model for R&D, a fast cheap one for customer service, a compliant one for legal.

Admin

A CTO's AI Buyer's Guide: Twelve Questions to Ask Every Vendor

Most AI vendor pitches sound the same. The differences hide in twelve questions about sovereignty, cost, operations, and real capability.

Pricing

Why Per-Seat AI Licensing Costs More Than You Think

Per-seat pricing penalises adoption. With banded platform pricing, the whole organisation gets in for a flat fee, and your bill stays flat when you hire.

Pricing

The Real Cost of Doing Nothing About AI

Doing nothing is also a decision. It just looks invisible on the budget. Three hidden line items that show up later.