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chatlyn

Service d'assistance · Autriche
Fondé en 2022 · chatlyn.com

Vienna-based Austrian hospitality AI communications hub (founded 2022); 1,000+ properties, omnichannel inbox + WhatsApp; €8M Series A from Smedvig (NO).

chatlyn propose un hébergement européen en Allemagne, mais une maison mère ou un sous-traitant américain laisse une exposition matérielle au CLOUD Act. Référencé dans la catégorie Service d'assistance.

Notes d’évaluation

chatlyn is a Vienna-headquartered Austrian AI communication hub for hospitality, founded late 2022 by Nicolas Vorsteher (CEO), Michael Urbanek (CTO), and Matthias Haubner (CPO); €8M Series A in June 2025 led by Smedvig Ventures (Norwegian) with Austrian angels (Blaguss, AnyDesk''s Andreas Burike, Helsing-related Mathias Hiebeler). Clean Nordic/Austrian cap table with no US-VC presence. Already serving 1,000+ hotel properties across 30 countries including St. Regis Mauritius, Singer Palace Rome, and InterContinental. EU-owned with a clean Nordic/Austrian investor structure. The documentation gaps flagged in May have since been closed: chatlyn now publishes a security and compliance page naming its hosting and its sub-processors, and links a public Google Drive folder holding the Art. 28 DPA, the privacy policy and the T&Cs. What that disclosure reveals is a US-parented core: guest conversations sit at rest on AWS in Frankfurt and MongoDB in Frankfurt, and the AI layer routes to OpenAI, LLC in the United States under Standard Contractual Clauses, with Zapier (US) on the integration path. EU regions throughout, but three US-owned processors with data access, so CLOUD Act exposure is material and the score stays capped at 3. The WhatsApp channel runs through 360dialog GmbH (Germany) and outbound SMS through Vonage B.V. (Netherlands).

Constats

CLOUD Act
Actionnariat
Sous-traitants
6 · 4 US

Signaux vérifiés

Juridiction
  • Hébergement UE / adéquation: Oui
  • Opérateur UE / adéquation: Oui
  • Aucune exposition au CLOUD Act: Non
Transparence
  • DPA public: Oui
  • Sous-traitants divulgués: Oui
  • Clients open source: Non
  • Certification tierce: Non
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À propos de chatlyn

chatlyn is a Vienna-based Austrian AI communication hub built specifically for the hospitality vertical: hotels, hotel groups, and short-term-rental operators. Founded in late 2022 by Nicolas Vorsteher (CEO), Michael Urbanek (CTO), and Matthias Haubner (CPO), the platform unifies guest communications across email, WhatsApp, SMS, webchat, and social channels with intelligent automation, real-time translation in 35+ languages, and PMS (property-management-system) integration. The company has scaled rapidly to 1,000+ hotel properties across 30 countries (customer references include St. Regis Mauritius, Singer Palace Rome, and InterContinental properties), establishing chatlyn as the European-rooted hospitality-AI brand of choice in 2025-2026.

For an EU-sovereignty audit the ownership architecture is unusually clean for an AI-vertical SaaS. The €8M Series A in June 2025 was led by Smedvig Ventures, a Norwegian growth-equity firm. This means the lead investor is Nordic, not US-VC, which is structurally different from most AI-adjacent funding rounds in 2025-2026. Other Series A participants are Austrian and European: business angels include Andreas Burike (AnyDesk), Mathias Hiebeler (former owner of Grob Aircraft, recently acquired by German defence-tech Helsing), Austrian transport leader Blaguss, and strategic hospitality angels. No US-VC name appears on the cap table, keeping chatlyn firmly in the eu_owned ownership tier.

Pricing is enterprise and hospitality-vertical sales-engaged: one platform fee per property based on room count, PMS, implementation scope and contract term, plus a one-time setup fee and pass-through WhatsApp and SMS usage, with no published figures and no free plan. The documentation gaps flagged earlier have closed: chatlyn now publishes a security and compliance page naming its hosting and its sub-processors, plus a public no-login folder holding the Art. 28 DPA, the privacy policy and the T&Cs. What that disclosure reveals is a US-parented core: guest conversations sit at rest on AWS in Frankfurt and MongoDB in Frankfurt, and the AI layer routes to OpenAI, LLC in the United States under Standard Contractual Clauses, with Zapier (US) on the integration path; the WhatsApp channel runs through 360dialog GmbH (Germany) and outbound SMS through Vonage B.V. (Netherlands). Conversational AI is included in the platform fee rather than sold as a switchable add-on, so an EU buyer cannot decline it. Best fit: European hotel groups and hospitality businesses needing AI-driven guest communication with WhatsApp + email + SMS unification, multi-property operators with PMS integration needs, hospitality-tech procurement teams who specifically want an Austrian-rooted alternative to Intercom / Zendesk / Freshdesk.

Carte des sous-traitants · 6

Source
  • Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL US
    Allemagne

    Platform hosting, Frankfurt, Germany (data at rest; US-parented provider)

  • MongoDB Deutsche GmbH US
    Allemagne

    Database hosting, Frankfurt, Germany (data at rest; US-parented provider)

  • OpenAI, LLC US
    États-Unis

    AI-powered functionality; outside the EU under Standard Contractual Clauses. Included in the platform fee, not an opt-in add-on

  • Zapier, Inc. US
    États-Unis

    Third-party system integration; outside the EU under Standard Contractual Clauses

  • 360dialog GmbH EU
    Allemagne

    WhatsApp Business Solution Provider

  • Vonage B.V. EU
    Pays-Bas

    Outbound SMS (fallback channel)

Source : liste publiée des sous-traitants de l’éditeur, lue le 26 août 2026.

4 sous-traitants sur 6 sont détenus par des capitaux américains ou établis aux États-Unis. Exposition au CLOUD Act applicable.

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Matrice de fonctionnalités

Tableau 2Fonctionnalités de chatlyn

Automatisation Oui
Boîte partagée Oui
Live chat Oui
Gestion des SLA Oui
Multicanal Oui
Enquêtes CSAT Oui
Assistance IA Oui

Intégration & accès

REST API Oui
SSO (SAML / OIDC) Non

Conformité & gouvernance

Audit log Non
Self-host / on-prem option Non

Tarifs & paliers

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Documents publics

  • Contrat de sous-traitance (DPA)
    drive.google.com/drive…
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  • Liste des sous-traitants
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  • Conditions d'utilisation
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