EU Backs Open-Source AI Model Covering 24 EU Languages

The European Commission has selected the EUROPA consortium, led by Italian AI company Domyn, to develop an open-source large language model (LLM) covering all 24 official European Union languages.

The selection follows the Frontier AI Grand Challenge launched in February 2026 by the European Commission and the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) to develop a frontier AI model exceeding 400 billion parameters using European supercomputing infrastructure.

As the selected consortium, EUROPA will receive access to up to 2.5% of EuroHPC’s AI computing capacity for one year to train the model, which will be released as open source.

European Commission Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen said, “EUROPA will build a frontier European AI model in all 24 EU languages, showing that we can match the best while staying true to our values.” 

She added that the initiative demonstrates Europe can “lead in advanced AI on its own terms” while strengthening its ability to shape AI “with openness, trust and strategic autonomy at its core.”

Domyn CEO and Founder Uljan Sharka described the project as “a defining moment for European AI.”

Domyn, formerly known as iGenius, develops AI systems for regulated industries, including financial services, government, and heavy industry. Its portfolio includes proprietary LLMs and AI agents. The company is also building Colosseum, one of the largest AI supercomputers for regulated industries, in partnership with NVIDIA.

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EUROPA follows earlier European initiatives to develop multilingual foundation models. In 2025, the European Commission backed OpenEuroLLM to develop open multilingual models, datasets, and infrastructure for European languages, while the academic-led EuroLLM initiative has focused on advancing multilingual LLM research. Unlike those efforts, EUROPA aims to deliver a single frontier-scale foundation model covering all 24 official EU languages.

The announcement also comes amid a broader European push to strengthen sovereign AI capabilities. Alongside initiatives such as OpenEuroLLM and EuroLLM, companies including Mistral and OVHCloud have expanded investments in European AI models, infrastructure, and deployment, while Canada-based Cohere has moved further into the European market through its planned acquisition of Germany-based Aleph Alpha as governments and organizations increasingly seek alternatives to non-European AI providers.

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