A new milestone in European artificial intelligence development is EuroLLM-9B, which debuted on December 2, 2024. The 9 billion parameter, open-source language model supports 35 languages, including all 24 official languages of the European Union. The project aims to promote the preservation of European linguistic diversity in the digital space.

Twenty leading European research institutes, companies, and EuroHPC centres have joined forces to launch the OpenEuroLLM project, which is developing open-source language models with a budget of €52 million to strengthen European digital sovereignty. The initiative, launched on February 1, 2025, is coordinated by Jan Hajič (Charles University, Czech Republic)