| Provider | What it does | Where it processes data | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | AI language model (Claude) | United States | always |
| ElevenLabs | speech recognition and voice | United States | always |
| OpenRouter | AI routing service that passes requests to language model providers | United States | always |
| Surplus Intelligence | AI capacity marketplace that passes requests to language model providers | United States | always |
| Exa | web search | United States | when Star searches the web |
| DeepSeek | web search and answers, fallback | China | when Star searches the web and Exa is unavailable |
| Cartesia | speech recognition and voice, backup | United States | when ElevenLabs is unavailable |
| Worldstream | servers, storage and backups | Netherlands | always |
| Cloudflare | web address, network delivery, encryption in transit | worldwide, nearest data centre (list at cloudflare.com/network) | always |
| Tailscale | secure access to our servers | Canada, United States | always |
| 1Password | storage of our keys | United States, Canada | always |
| Hunter.io | public company and contact look-ups | France | if switched on |
| Clay | public company and contact look-ups | United States | if switched on |
| Google, Apple, OpenAI | sign-in with your account at that service | United States | if you choose that sign-in |
| Gmail and Calendar you connect | United States | if you connect them | |
| Telegram, Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), Zernio | messaging and social accounts you connect | as published in each provider's privacy notice | if you connect them |
| Open-Meteo | weather for your location | as published in its privacy notice | if switched on |
| Unsplash, Openverse | image search | United States | if switched on |
| Resend | sending e-mail | United States | if switched on |
| Amazon Web Services (SES) | sending e-mail | United States | always |
| fal.ai | images | United States | if switched on |
| Google Firebase | phone notifications | United States | if switched on |
| Stripe | payments | United States | paid plans |
| (none yet) | analytics: how our sites and the Service are used | not yet in use | listed here before first use |
Countries are as published by each provider; retention for a provider's own purposes follows its linked privacy notice. Questions or a copy of the transfer safeguards: legal@mainstar.ai.