Where your data goes
Plain language. For the free showcase API at chat.getsimpledirect.com — launching September 30, 2026.
This page explains what SimpleDirect does with data on chat.getsimpledirect.com, our free showcase API. Read it before using the service.
Where it runs
chat.getsimpledirect.com runs on Canadian sovereign AI infrastructure in Rimouski, Quebec. Your queries are processed on Canadian compute, under Canadian jurisdiction, by Canadian-trained models.
Your queries are not sent to
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
- Any US-routed inference service
What we store
Final policy before launch
We're confirming the exact retention policy before the showcase opens. It will be documented here, in plain language — what (if anything) is retained, for how long, and why — before you can use the service.
What we do not do
- We do not train our models on your conversations.
- We do not sell your data.
- We do not share your data with third parties.
- We do not use your data for marketing analytics.
What this is good for
- Trying flash-1-mini and flash-1
- Evaluating model capability for your use case
- Public-domain research queries
- Drafting general content
- Learning what specialized Canadian AI can and can't do
What this is not for
- Client work product
- Confidential information subject to professional privilege
- Personal health information
- Anything you would not want to see in a data breach
If you need confidential use
Deploy SimpleDirect in your own infrastructure. The open weights are free on Hugging Face. The licensed cloud-deploy package runs in your own AWS / Azure / GCP tenancy.
Customer agency
For any data type, we trust you to make the right call. We won't gatekeep based on what you type — that's your decision as a professional. We give you the trade-offs in plain language. The choice is yours.