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As of October 2026: Model developer and publisher
On the Day of German Reunification, Aleph Alpha posted the full weights of its Kolibri-1 model to Hugging Face under an Apache 2.0 license. Anyone can now download, run, and modify the 78-billion-parameter English-German model without asking permission.
Updated Oct 3
As of May 2026: Being acquired by Cohere; led by co-CEOs Ilhan Scheer and Reto Sporri following founder Jonas Andrulis's departure in late 2025
Europe spent years developing separate AI companies to compete with OpenAI. In April 2026, Cohere agreed to acquire Germany's Aleph Alpha in a roughly $20 billion deal, with government backing from both nations, subject to regulatory approval and expected to close later in 2026.
Updated May 31
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