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# Aleph Alpha releases Kolibri-1, a 78 billion parameter sovereign open-weight model
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-10-03-aleph-alpha-kolibri-1-release/
- Published: 2026-10-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T11:34:34.000Z
- Description: Aleph Alpha released Kolibri-1, a 78.1 billion parameter open-weight model trained in Germany and Finland under European law. The Apache 2.0 licensed model ships with no hosted API, targeting sovereign use in public administration, industry and aerospace.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [Aleph Alpha blog post, "Kolibri Has Landed: A Sovereign Open-Weight Model", 3 October 2026](https://aleph-alpha.com/en/blog/kolibri-has-landed-a-sovereign-open-weight-model/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that any public body or industrial customer has adopted or deployed Kolibri-1.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes whose law governs. Binding 3 of 3 (in force or operating), scale 2 of 3 (medium), Verified counts in full: weight +6 of 36 possible. Counts for whose law, since the model was trained in Germany and Finland under EU law with open weights, but not for who owns, since Aleph Alpha has agreed to merge into Canada's Cohere, pending approval.. [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 and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)