Jonas Andrulis

New Capabilities

As of October 2026: Oversaw Kolibri's development and open-weights release

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

Money Moves

As of May 2026: Left Aleph Alpha in late 2025 after six years; launched new AI startup CNTR in February 2026 with Roland Berger backing. Not involved in the Cohere merger.

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