Discover Tender Tiger: Advancing Enterprise AI with State-of-the-Art Document Intelligence

Search & Reason: The Foundation of Enterprise AI at Scale

When organizations think about AI deployment, they often focus on the sophistication of large language models, the inference layer. But the reality of enterprise AI is more nuanced: the quality of your AI outputs can never exceed the quality of your data retrieval.

Think of it this way: even the most advanced AI model is limited by what it can "see" in your documents. If your OCR struggles with complex layouts, if tables aren't properly parsed, if handwritten annotations are missed, your AI system is operating with incomplete information, regardless of model sophistication.

This is where Tender Tiger changes the equation.

Introducing LightOnOCR: SOTA Document Understanding

At the heart of this release is LightOnOCR-1B, our new state-of-the-art optical character recognition engine. Unlike traditional OCR systems that treat documents as flat text, LightOnOCR brings true document intelligence:

• Enhanced parsing accuracy that handles complex layouts, multi-column documents, and embedded visual elements
• Multilingual support that maintains context across languages within the same document
• Table and diagram recognition that preserves structural relationships critical for enterprise data
• Integration with Alfred Sovereign 5 for seamless document-to-insight workflows

Why does this matter? Because enterprise documents are messy. They contain tables, charts, handwritten notes, stamps, signatures, and layouts that vary wildly. Traditional approaches force you to choose between speed and accuracy, between cost and quality. LightOnOCR delivers both.

The Retrieval-Inference Balance

Consider a typical enterprise search scenario: a compliance team needs to review contract clauses across 10,000 documents. With poor retrieval:

• Relevant clauses are missed
• Context is lost
• Users lose trust in the system
• Manual review becomes necessary again

With accurate retrieval powered by LightOnOCR:

• Every clause is captured with full context
• Relationships between sections are preserved
• AI responses are grounded in complete information
• Teams can scale up review processes confidently

The inference model doesn't need to work harder, it just needs better inputs. This is the philosophy driving Tender Tiger's focus on document intelligence.

Alfred Sovereign 5: The Next Generation

Complementing LightOnOCR is the introduction of Alfred Sovereign 5, the latest iteration of our flagship AI model. Designed specifically for on-premise, air-gapped, and sovereign cloud deployments, Alfred Sovereign 5 delivers:

• Faster response times with reduced resource requirements
• Enhanced multilingual capabilities for European enterprise contexts
• Full data sovereignty with zero data leaving your infrastructure
• Seamless integration with the expanded Paradigm toolset

Nine Updates in Twelve Months: Innovation at Speed

Tender Tiger represents LightOn's ninth major platform update in the past twelve months. This high frequency release schedule reflects our commitment to Enterprise AI innovation:

Recent milestones include:

1. Dynamic Arabic RTL support, improved routing, structured API outputs
2. Temporary access requests for anonymized data, workspace-level search.
3. Agentic tool selection, web search integration
4. Vision capabilities, batch document upload APIs
5. German language support, forced tool execution, dynamic authentication
6. Visual table ingestion, SSO/SAML integration, document scoring
7. Simplified UX navigation, storage management at workspace level
8. Agent mode, document collection persistence
9. LightOnOCR, Alfred Sovereign 5, Teams management

Each release has expanded what's possible with Enterprise AI while maintaining our core principle: AI comes to your data.

Beyond OCR: What Else Is New in Tender Tiger

While LightOnOCR and Alfred Sovereign 5 are the headline features, Tender Tiger includes substantial improvements across the platform:

Team & Access Management

• New Teams architecture with Enterprise, Private, and Custom team types
• Workspace-to-team assignments for scalable governance
• Document Manager role for streamlined content management
• Enhanced private workspace controls with automated isolation
  

API & Developer Experience

• Complete endpoint documentation for Files, ChatFlow, AI Models, and FileSearch
• Query reformulation bypass option for DocSearch API
• Proxy usage without OpenAI SDK dependency (updated documentation)
• Enhanced security preventing unauthorized cross-company document uploads

Security & Compliance

• SOC 2 type 1 certified deployment architecture
• Audit log enhancements with proper segregation in exports
• Configurable API key expiration at instance and company levels
• User activation guardrails preventing expired account activation

The Path Forward

With Tender Tiger, organizations control their AI infrastructure and their strategic destiny.

With LightOnOCR, LightOn is not just improving a feature, we are elevating the foundation that all enterprise AI workflows depend on. Better retrieval means better inference. Better inference means better business outcomes. And better outcomes mean AI that organizations can actually trust and scale.

Paradigm Tender Tiger is available now for on-premise, air-gapped, and sovereign cloud deployments.