Most trustworthy AI companies in Europe
The Cybernews AI Trustworthiness Ranking analyzed 83 European AI companies based on privacy, security, transparency, and public perception.
- The most trustworthy European AI companies are Magnific, Lovable, Happy Scribe, Synthesia, and Recraft.
- European AI companies had an average trustworthiness score of 64 out of 100, compared to the global average of 65 out of 100.
- Of the four pillars assessed, security received the lowest average score (25), while transparency ranked the highest (90).
- 68% of the European companies analyzed do not state clearly in their privacy policies whether they train their AI models on user data.
Cybernews has launched the AI Trustworthiness Ranking, which assesses 500 AI companies globally based on publicly available information on security, data privacy, organizational transparency, and public perception. 83 of the analyzed companies are European.
The global average trustworthiness score for the 500 analyzed companies was 65 out of 100, while European companies averaged 64 out of 100.
Most trustworthy European AI company: Magnific
The five highest-ranked European companies are Magnific, Lovable, Happy Scribe, Synthesia, and Recraft.
The highest-scoring company, Magnific (Image Generation & Editing), is also among the top companies overall and ranks fifth globally. Lovable (Coding & Development) ranks second in Europe and 10th globally.
The ranking analyzes 21 AI categories. The highest-ranking category among European companies is Coding & Development, with an average score of 79, while AI Detection & Anti-Detection had the lowest average score at 52.
Companies fall short in the security pillar
Among the four analyzed pillars, European AI companies were weakest in security, with an average score of only 25. This pillar analyzed whether companies had a dedicated trust/security page, participated in a bug bounty or CVD (coordinated vulnerability disclosure) program, and held ISO/IEC 27001 or SOC 2 Type II certifications. The average security score globally was 32.
The data privacy pillar assesses third-party sharing, data collection, AI model training, and data retention policies. European companies averaged 69 out of 100, a bit below the global average of 70.
In the organizational transparency pillar, which analyzes whether a company has disclosed its legal entity and address and has a valid contact channel, European AI companies averaged 90 out of 100 (the same as the global average). In the public perception pillar (reviews from G2 and Trustpilot), European AI companies averaged 70 out of 100, compared with 71 globally.
68% of European AI companies don’t disclose whether they train their AI models on user data
Cybernews found that 68% of the top European AI companies don’t clearly disclose whether they train their AI models on user data: 47% of the companies do not mention anything in their privacy policies about training their AI models on user data, while 21% are vague about it.
Cybernews also found that 57% of the top European AI companies do not disclose precisely how long they retain user data: 6% do not mention anything about personal data retention or deletion in their policies, while 51% only mention it vaguely.
Explore the full AI Trustworthiness Ranking and individual company scores here: https://cybernews.com/ai-knowledge-base/ai-trustworthiness-ranking-2026/