HCL Domino IQ: Trusted AI for Secure, Sovereign Innovation

There is no shortage of AI options for organizations to explore on hyperscaler platforms. The real question is: Which AI approach best suits each company’s many specific business needs?

Before any discussions about the ROI of using AI on their data, organizations need to be resolute in being assured of two things:

• Data can only be used locally and not shared to train models for other organizations or exposed in any way.
• Data must be reliable, i.e., timely, accurate, and consistent, to form the foundation for trustworthy AI/ML use cases.

That’s why the guiding principle — our Northstar — for approaching enterprise AI is aligned with HCL Domino, the most secure platform for sovereign collaboration and rapid application development.

With the official launch of HCL Domino 14.5 on June 17, 2025, we’ve taken a significant step toward that vision by introducing Domino IQ, a trusted, offline LLM engine built directly into HCL Domino.

Domino IQ: Key Capabilities at a Glance

The Domino IQ approach delivers many critical benefits to all Domino users on Domino CCB licenses when they upgrade, namely: 

• Accessible AI for developers: Enable AI for your apps and data in minutes.
• Local data processing: Your data is only processed in your Domino environment, not online with a third-party hyperscaler.
• Rich file support: Analyze any data and attachments in Domino, including Microsoft Office documents and PDFs.
• Built-in RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation): Easily customize models to suit specific use cases.
• Model flexibility: Explore and use open-source models from Huggingface.co, including support for Llama v3.1, Mistral, Gemma 2, and more over time.

This innovation reinforces Domino’s role as a trusted platform in government and regulated industries as they learn, explore, and deploy the power of AI solutions using offline LLM models and data in the HCL Domino environment.

Coupling Domino IQ and Domino with a sovereign cloud provider such as IONOS ensures your data sovereignty is under your control and meets the highest security standards. 

In all cases, we protect your organization’s right to choose its cloud and ensure an AI strategy that suits your needs.  

Real-World Results of HCL Domino IQ

With Domino IQ now available as part of HCL Domino 14.5, organizations are already seeing real value across a wide range of use cases. Here are a few key areas where it’s making an impact:

• Personal productivity: Translate, summarize, and automate everyday tasks.
• Analyzing unstructured data: Discover patterns of interest or specific insights that can't be readily determined by search or queries alone, especially when attachments are included.
• Creating or extending existing Domino apps: Develop applications from a prompt, writing @formula or LotusScript code.

In summary, the key benefits of Domino IQ for customers, BPs, and ISVs include:

• Privacy-first AI: Offline AI capabilities keep sensitive data within your infrastructure, extending to other solutions in the Domino+ portfolio over time.
• Secure data processing: Analyze documents and attachments privately within Domino.
• Pre-built RAG for fast customization: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) support allows faster, more adaptable AI customizations, helping organizations build tailored solutions for unique business needs through their usage of the Domino platform.
• LLM model support: Domino customers can choose the right AI for their industry sector, as well as their specific skills and requirements, from Llama v3.1, Mistral, and Gemma 2.

A Trusted Path to AI Adoption

In a market crowded with AI offerings, HCL Domino IQ offers something unique: a trusted, privacy-first approach to enterprise AI. It enables organizations to harness powerful LLMs while retaining full control over their data, avoiding costly replatforming, and reducing risk.

Whether your goal is productivity, innovation, compliance, or all three, HCL Domino IQ gets you there securely, efficiently, and on your terms. With every Domino release, there’s even more to be excited about. 

Watch the launch replay to explore the latest HCL Domino 14.5 release.