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# Germany funds Soofi, a EUR 20 million sovereign open source AI language model
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-18-germany-soofi-sovereign-llm-funding/
- Published: 2025-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:01:32.000Z
- Description: Germany's economy ministry is funding Soofi, a 100 billion parameter open source foundation model, with EUR 20 million through the 8ra initiative. A consortium led by the AI Bundesverband will train it on Deutsche Telekom's Industrial AI Cloud.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [heise online, 18 November 2025](https://www.heise.de/en/news/Soofi-Germany-to-develop-sovereign-AI-language-model-11083336.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the finished model will match the capability of leading US or Chinese systems.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)