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# Portugal launches Amalia, its first open-source sovereign AI model
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-07-01-portugal-amalia-ai-model/
- Published: 2026-07-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-24T04:00:05.000Z
- Description: Portugal launched Amalia, an open-source large language model built on EuroLLM-9B by a university consortium coordinated by ARTE, funded with EUR 5.5 million in EU recovery funds and run on the Deucalion and MareNostrum 5 supercomputers.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Interoperable Europe (European Commission), 1 July 2026](https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/portugal-launches-open-source-ai-drive-digital-sovereignty?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not show the model matches the performance of larger foreign systems or that public bodies will adopt it at scale.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, who operates. Binding 3 of 3 (in force or operating), scale 2 of 3 (medium), Verified counts in full: weight +12 of 36 possible. EU-funded LLM built & operated by Portuguese consortium on EU supercomputers, live. [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 2026-09-24\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)